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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research
Concurrent Rabies and Canine Distemper Outbreaks and Infection in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves
Jorgelina Marino1
, Elizabeth F.R. Preston1, Muktar Abute, Alo Hussein, Fekede Regassa, Asefa Deressa, Eric Bedin, Ashley C. Banyard, Anthony R. Fooks, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
, Elizabeth F.R. Preston1, Muktar Abute, Alo Hussein, Fekede Regassa, Asefa Deressa, Eric Bedin, Ashley C. Banyard, Anthony R. Fooks, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Table 1
Characteristics of Ethiopian wolf carcasses found in the Bale Mountains in study of concurrent outbreaks of rabies and canine distemper, Ethiopia, 2019*
| Pack | Carcasses found | Known sex |
Known age† |
Carcasses tested | Rabies positive | CDV positive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | Adult | Subadult | Juvenile | ||||||
| Sanetti Plateau subpopulation | ||||||||||
| Badagasa | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1‡ | |
| Batu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| BBC | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bilisa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Buyamo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garba Gurracha |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Chafadalacha subpopulation | ||||||||||
| Chafadalacha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Konteh |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Web Valley subpopulation | ||||||||||
| Alandu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1§ | 1§ | 1§ | |
| Bowman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1‡ | 1 | |
| Gata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Habale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hangafo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mckenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Megity | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Megity3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tarura | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Unknown |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Genale Corridor subpopulation | ||||||||||
| Genale |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Morebawa subpopulation | ||||||||||
| Gurati |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Totals | 57 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 13 | |
*CDV, canine distemper virus, †Adult, <2 y; subadult, 1 to <2 y; juvenile, <1 y. ‡Indicates the first confirmed case of each disease. §Indicates case of co-infection.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
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