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===Parasites=== The addax is most prone to parasites in moist climatic conditions.<ref name=mungall>{{cite book|last=Mungall|first=E. C.|title=Exotic Animal Field Guide : Nonnative Hoofed Mammals in the United States|year=2007|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|location=College Station|isbn=978-1-58544-555-4|edition=1st}}</ref> Addaxes have always been infected with [[nematode]]s in the [[Strongylida#Trichostrongyloidea|Trichostrongyloidea]] and [[Strongylida#Strongyloidea|Strongyloidea]] superfamilies.<ref name=aazpa>{{cite book|title=AAZPA Regional Conference Proceedings|year=1993|publisher=American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums|page=553}}</ref> In an exotic ranch in Texas, an addax was found host to the nematodes ''[[Haemonchus contortus]]'' and ''[[Longistrongylus curvispiculum]]'' in its [[abomasum]],<ref name=Krausman2007/> of which the former was dominant.<ref name=craig>{{cite journal|last=Craig|first=T.M.|title=''Longistrongylus curvispiculum'' (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) in free-ranging exotic antelope in Texas|journal=Journal of Wildlife Diseases|year=1993|volume=29|issue=3|pages=516β7|pmid=8355363|doi=10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.516|s2cid=22059990}}</ref>
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