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(12-05-2020, 05:08 AM)BA0701 Wrote: First thing I thought of as soon as I saw the picture. Clearly there is something going on. I know that AIDS causes sores on people, not sure if it affects cats in the same way, I'm also not sure of the exact affects of TB in cats either, as it seems to affect them differently than it does people. This is all very troubling, to say the least.
Thats muscle eating TB.. As far as I understand, not all TB's are dangerous (same as cancer to humans).. This one is and occurs on back legs of lion (mosty after injury, its some kind of a trigger) and eats whole muscle to the point that even bones are visible, example of Sizanani:
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Exact thing happened to Nsuku and prob Hip Scar Majingilane..
Buddy and DeLaporte Talamati prob have exact thing..
It seems that most males in Kruger has TB, but not all have this one which is dangerous..
I wish they were able to inoculate these animals. Not like there are so many that the losses in such numbers aren't detrimental to the species. Not to mention how heartbreaking it is watching them deteriorate in such a way.