| black-backed jackal exposure to rabies virus, canine distemper virus, and bacillus anthracis in etosha national park, namibia. | canine distemper virus (cdv) and rabies virus (rabv) occur worldwide in wild carnivore and domestic dog populations and pose threats to wildlife conservation and public health. in etosha national park (enp), namibia, anthrax is endemic and generates carcasses frequently fed on by an unusually dense population of black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas). using serology, phylogenetic analyses (on samples obtained from february 2009-july 2010), and historical mortality records (1975-2011), we assesse ... | 2012 | 22493112 |
| anthrax in a backyard domestic dog in ukraine: a case report. | anthrax has been reported in domestic and wild dogs throughout much of the world. generally, canids are considered resistant to anthrax, although there are several reports of anthrax deaths in both wild and domestic canid populations. prior to 2012, anthrax had not been reported in dogs in ukraine, despite a long history in livestock and wildlife. an outbreak involving at least one cow and one dog was reported from a backyard setting in southern ukraine in august of 2012. laboratory results and ... | 2014 | 25072993 |