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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Research

Canine Distemper in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves

Christopher H. Gordon, Ashley BanyardComments to Author , Alo Hussein, M. Karen Laurenson, James R. Malcolm, Jorgelina Marino, Fekede Regassa, Anne-Marie E. Stewart, Anthony R. Fooks, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Author affiliations: Zoological Society of London, London, UK (C.H. Gordon); University of Oxford, Tubney, UK (C.H. Gordon, J. Marino, A.-M.E. Stewart, C. Sillero-Zubiri); Animal and Plant Health Agency, New Haw, UK (A.C. Banyard, A.R. Fooks); Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Bale Robe, Ethiopia (A. Hussein, J. Marino, A.-M.E. Stewart, C. Sillero-Zubiri); Frankfurt Zoological Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (M.K. Laurenson); University of Redlands, Redlands, California, USA (J.R. Malcolm); Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Addis Ababa (F. Regassa); University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (A.R. Fooks)

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Table 1

Age and sex distribution of Ethiopian wolves in focal packs monitored in Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia, before, during, and after a 2005–2006 outbreak of canine distemper virus

Focal pack November 2005, before the outbreak
 April 2006, during the outbreak
 November 2006, after the outbreak
Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total
Badagassa 4 3 3 10 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 4
Batu 3 2 4 9 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 4
BBC 4 1 7 12 4 1 3 8 2 1 0 3
Garba Guracha 2 2 4 8 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4
Nyala 3 3 2 8 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3
Quarry 3 2 3 8 3 1 2 6 3 1 2 6
Bilisa
 2
 1
 0
 3
2
 1
 0
 3
2
 1
 0
 3
Total 21 14 23 58 16 9 7 32 14 9 4 27

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