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. 2016 Dec;22(12):2201–2203. doi: 10.3201/eid2212.150983

Table. Results of virus neutralization testing for Schmallenberg virus among exotic and wild ruminants from 2 zoological parks in France and the Netherlands, 2011–2015*.

Common name (species) No. positive/no. tested Year(s) of sampling Animal ages at sampling
Zoological park
Seropositive Seronegative
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) 1/1 2013 3 y SPBB
Arkal urial sheep (Ovis aries arkal) 1/1 2014 5 y MJP
Axis deer (Cervus axis) 0/2 2011–2014 ND, ND SPBB
Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) 2/4 2013, 2014 1 d, 7 y,† 8 y† 10 d, 2 y MJP
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) 0/6 2014 7 mo, 7 y, 15 y, ND, ND, ND SPBB
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) 3/5 2011 1 y, 6 y, 13 y 1 y, 13 y SPBB
Common eland (Taurotragus oryx) 0/1 2014 1 y SPBB
Gaur (Bos gaurus) 1/1 2015 3 y MJP
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella gazella) 1/1 2011 17 y SPBB
Markhor (Capra falconeri) 2/3 2014 1 y, 10 y 1 y MJP
Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) 1/2 2012 5 y ND SPBB
Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) 1/1 2011 15 y SPBB
Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) 1/1 2013 8 y SPBB
Pygmy goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) 0/1 2014 2 y MJP
Red forest duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) 0/1 2011, 2012 7 y,† 8 y† SPBB
Rocky mountain goat (Oreamnus americanus) 1/1 2014 17 y MJP
Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger niger) 3/3 2011, 2012, 2013 4 y, 5 y,† 6 y,† 7 y,† 10 y SPBB
Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) 3/5 2011, 2014 5 y, 14 y, ND 4 y, 5 y SPBB
Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) 1/1 2014 12 y SPBB
Vigogna (Vicugna vicugna) 1/1 2013 4 y MJP
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus) 1/4 2011, 2014 7 y 6 mo, 4 y,
ND SPBB
Watusi (Bos taurus taurus watusi) 0/1 2011 1 y SPBB
West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica caucasica) 2/2 2014 10 y, 14 y MJP
Yak (Bos grunniens grunniens) 4/5 2012, 2013, 2014 2 y, 3 y, 11 y, ND 1 y SPBB (4), MJP (1)

*MJP, Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France); ND, not determined; SPBB, Safaripark Beekse Bergen (Hilvarenbeek, the Netherlands).
† Animals sampled more than once.