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Bovidae

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Bovidae

Mammal family that consists of 128 species of antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle. They are ruminants (chew the cud) and also artiodactylate (even-toed); all the males and some of the females have horns consisting of solid bony extensions of the skull encased in a sheath of true horn.

Bovids occur in all parts of the Old World and in North America, but are not native to Australia and South America.

Classification

Bovidae is a family in order Artiodactyla.



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Since the onset of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in British cattle (Bos taurus) in 1986, novel SEs emerged in other animal species including domestic cats (1), a goat (2), primates (3), and several members of the families Bovidae and Felidae in zoos (4,5).
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BSE was only observed in different species from the families Bovidae and Felidae in zoos (14) but not in members of the family Cervidae, even though they were most likely also exposed to BSE-contaminated food (6).
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