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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Research

Concurrent Rabies and Canine Distemper Outbreaks and Infection in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves

Jorgelina Marino1Comments to Author , Elizabeth F.R. Preston1, Muktar Abute, Alo Hussein, Fekede Regassa, Asefa Deressa, Eric Bedin, Ashley C. Banyard, Anthony R. Fooks, and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri
Author affiliation: University of Oxford and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Tubney, UK (J. Marino, E.F.R. Preston, C. Sillero-Zubiri); University of Oxford and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Robe-Bale, Ethiopia (M. Abute, A. Hussein, E. Bedin); Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (F. Regassa); Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa (A. Deressa); Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, UK (A.C. Banyard, A.R. Fooks)

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Table 2

Changes in composition of wolf packs in Ethiopian wolves before and after concurrent outbreaks of rabies and canine distemper, Ethiopia, 2019*

Pack
 Before outbreaks
After outbreaks
Adult
Subadult
 Juveniles
 Sex ratio
 Adult/subadult
 Subadults†
 Sex ratio
M
 F
 M
 F
 M
 F
Sanetti Plateau subpopulation
Bagadasa 3 2 2 2 4 1.25 1 1 1 1
Garba Gurracha 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
Batu 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
BBC 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2
BBC2 3 2 0 0 5 1.5 1 1 1 1
Total
 22
10
 9
13
 2
Web Valley subpopulation
Alando 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 2
Bowman 4 7 2 2 5 0.666667 1 1 0 1
Habale 4 3 2 2 4 1.2 2 1 2 2
Hangafo 2 1 2 2 3 1.333333 2 1 0 2
Mckenna 3 2 1 1 0 1.333333 2 1 0 2
Megity 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 0 2
Megity 3 3 2 2 2 5 1.25 0 0 0
Tarura 6 5 2 2 5 1.142857 3 4 4 0.75
Total 52
 26
 29 24
 7

*Sex ratio calculated as the ratio between male and female wolves >1 y of age. It excludes juveniles at the time of the outbreaks because they are difficult to sex when young, †These subadults were juveniles before the outbreak.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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