Canning G, Camphor H, Schroder B
Welgevonden Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Unit 201/425 Hawthorne Road, Bulimba 4171, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
J Nat Conserv. 2019 Apr;48:71-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2019.02.001. Epub 2019 Feb 10.
We describe an outbreak of rabies in a pack of African wild dogs () in the Limpopo-Lipadi Private Game and Wilderness Reserve in the Tuli region of south-eastern Botswana. We define the pack's behavioural response to the disease, clinical signs, and management interventions undertaken and make recommendations to mitigate against future disease outbreaks of this nature. The outbreak, which occurred in late 2014 and early 2015, resulted in the death or disappearance of 29 individuals out of a pack of 35 wild dogs. The disruption to the social structure within the pack, the behaviour of the animals and clinical signs were similar to that documented during previous rabies outbreaks amongst African wild dogs in Southern and East Africa in recent years. Management interventions taken during the outbreak were aimed at preventing extirpation of the pack and reducing the risk of further disease spread to other mammals in the reserve.
我们描述了博茨瓦纳东南部图利地区林波波 - 利帕迪私人野生动物保护区一群非洲野犬中狂犬病的爆发情况。我们确定了这群野犬对该病的行为反应、临床症状以及所采取的管理干预措施，并提出建议以减轻未来此类疾病爆发的影响。此次爆发发生在2014年末和2015年初，导致一群35只野犬中的29只死亡或失踪。这群野犬内部社会结构的破坏、动物的行为以及临床症状与近年来南部和东部非洲非洲野犬先前狂犬病爆发期间记录的情况相似。疫情爆发期间采取的管理干预措施旨在防止这群野犬灭绝，并降低疾病进一步传播到保护区其他哺乳动物的风险。
