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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 2

Age and sex distribution of Ethiopian wolves in focal packs monitored in Sanetti Plateau and Web Valley, Ethiopia, before, during, and after a 2010 outbreaks of canine distemper virus

Focal pack April 2010, before outbreaks
 November 2010, during outbreaks
 April 2011, after outbreaks
Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total Adult, M Adult, F Subadult Total
Sanetti Plateau
Badagassa 3 1 3 7 5 2 1 8 3 1 0 4
Batu 4 2 0 6 3 1 0 4 4 1 0 5
BBC 11 3 3 17 7 2 1 10 4 2 1 7
Garba Guracha 4 1 3 8 4 1 2 7 4 1 1 6
Nyala 2 3 2 7 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
Quarry 5 3 3 11 4 3 0 7 4 3 0 7
Bilisa 3 2 2 7 3 2 2 7 4 1 0 5
Total
 32
 15
 16
 63
28
 12
 6
 46
24
 10
 2
 36
Web Valley
Darkeena 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mulamu 3 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meggity 3 1 0 4 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
Kotera 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sodota 2 2 6 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Alandu 3 2 0 5 3 1 0 4 3 1 1 5
Tarura 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 3
Total 15 9 7 31 8 4 0 12 6 3 1 10

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