Rabies in Endangered Ethiopian Wolves

Abstract

With rabies emerging as a particular threat to wild canids, we report on a rabies outbreak in a subpopulation of endangered Ethiopian wolves in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia, in 2003 and 2004. Parenteral vaccination of wolves was used to manage the outbreak.

Keywords

• Canis simensis
• endangered species
• epidemic
• Ethiopian wolves
• rabies
• wildlife diseases