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. 2010 Aug 17;5(8):e12205. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012205

Table 1. Serological and culture results of investigated wildlife in Hamer Woreda, South Omo.

Species Total number animals (serology; culture) Serology positive (%) Culture positive (%) Culture result
Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) 17 (12; 17) 4 (33.3) 8 (47) MTC, MAC**, M.wollinskyi, M.asiaticum
Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) 7 (5; 7) 3 (60) 2 (28.6) MTC, M.flavescens
Guenther's dik-dik (Madoqua gunther) 7 (3; 7) 1 (33.3) 3 (43) MTC
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) 5 (4; 5) 0 (0) 4 (80) MTC, Nocardia spp.
Tiang (Damaliscus lunatus) 4 (3; 4) 0 (0) 2 (50) MTC
Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) 4 (3; 2) 0 (0) 1 (50) MTC
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) 1 (ND; 1) 1 (100) MTC
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) 1 (ND; 1) 1 (100) MTC*
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) 1 (1; 1) 1 (100) 0 (0)
Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) 1 (1; ND) 0 (0)
Anubis baboon (Papio anubis) 1 (ND; 1) 0 (0)
Serval cat (Leptailurus serval) 1 (ND; 1) 1 (100) MTC, M.gilvum
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) 1 (1; 1) 0 (0) 1 (100) MTC
Total 51 (33; 48) 9 (27) 24 (50)

*MTC: Mycobacterium terrae complex.

**MAC: Mycobacterium avium complex.