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.