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. 2017 Feb 9;3(2):71–81. doi: 10.1002/vms3.57

Table 1.

Number of host species of OIE‐Listed diseases and their corresponding families

OIE‐Listed disease Wildlife host families Number wildlife host species
African horse sickness Canidae
Elephantidae
Equidae
Felidae
Hyaenidae
Rhinocerotidae
Viverridae
11
Audjeszky's disease Cricetidae
Felidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Procyonidae 6
African swine fever Suidae 2
Anthrax Bovidae
Canidae
Elephantidae
Equidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Hominidae
Hyaenidae
Lorisidae
Mustelidae
Myocastoridae
Rhinocerotidae
Suidae
Viverridae
58
Bluetongue Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Canidae
Cervidae
Elephantidae
Felidae
Giraffidae
Hyaenidae
Muridae
Rhinocerotidae
Ursidae
Viverridae
57
Bovine anaplasmosis Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Cervidae
Equidae
Giraffidae
Nesomyidae
Rhinocerotidae
Sciuridae
39
Bovine babesiosis Bovidae Cervidae 8
Bovine genital campylobacteriosis 0
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 0
Bovine viral diarrhea Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Rhinocerotidae
Tragulidae
39
Brucella abortus Bovidae
Camelidae
Canidae
Cervidae
Cricetidae
Didelphidae
Equidae
Giraffidae
Heteromyidae
Hippopotamidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Procyonidae
Suidae
Ursidae
30
Brucella melitensis Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Equidae
Suidae 6
Brucella ovis Cervidae 2
Brucella suis Bovidae
Canidae
Equidae
Leporidae
Suidae
Ursidae
6
Camelpox 0
Caprine arthritis/encephalitis 0
Chlamydophila abortus Bovidae
Phocidae
Ranidae 6
Classical swine fever 0
Contagious agalactia Bovidae 1
Contageous bovine pleuropneumonia 0
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Bovidae 3
Contagious equine metritis 0
Crimian congo hemorrhagic fever Bovidae
Elephantidae
Equidae
Erinaceidae
Giraffidae
Hystricidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Nesomyidae
Pedetidae
Rhinocerotidae
Sciuridae
Suidae
35
Dourine 0
Echinococcus granulosus Bovidae
Canidae
Cervidae
Equidae
Felidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Suidae
14
Echinococcus multilocularis Cervidae
Cricetidae
Felidae
Muridae
14
EEEV Cercopithecidae
Cricetidae
Dasypodidae
Emballonuridae
Molossidae
Muridae
Phyllostomidae
Sciuridae
Vespertilionidaae
23
Enzootic bovine leukosis Caviidae 1
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Cervidae 12
Equine arteritis Equidae 1
Equine piroplasmosis Equidae 1
Equine herpesvirus‐1 Equidae Rhinolophidae Ursidae 6
Equine infectious anemia 0
Foot and Mouth disease Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Elephantidae
Erinaceidae
Giraffidae
Macropodidae
Suidae
Tapiridae
Tayassuidae
Ursidae
60
Glanders Felidae Leporidae 2
Goat pox and sheep pox 0
H3N8 and H7N7 0
Heartwater Bovidae Cervidae 8
Hemorrhagic septicemia Bovidae
Cebidae
Cervidae
Felidae
Hominidae
Leporidae
Phocidae 15
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis Bovidae Cervidae 16
Japanese encephalitis Cercopithecidae
Emballonuridae
Hipposideridae
Hominidae
Pteropodidae
Rhinolophidae
Vespertilionidae
25
Leishmania Bradypodidae
Canidae
Cebidae
Cricetidae
Ctenodactylidae
Cuniculidae
Dasypodidae
Dasyproctidae
Didelphidae
Echimyidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hystricidae
Megalonychidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Myrmecophagidae
Phocidae
Phyllostomidae
Pitheciidae
Procaviidae
Procyonidae
Rodentia
Viverridae
48
Lumpy skin disease Bovidae Giraffidae 10
Maedi‐visna 0
Mycobacterium bovis Bovidae
Canidae
Cercopithecidae
Cervidae
Elephantidae
Erinaceidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Lemuridae
Leporidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Otariidae
Phalangeridae
Procyonidae
Rhinocerotidae
Suidae
Talpidae
Ursidae
45
Myxoma virus Leporidae 5
New world screw worm Atelidae
Bovidae
Canidae
Cervidae
Didelphidae Leporidae
Mustelidae
Pitheciidae
10
Nairobi sheep disease Antilocapridae Cercopithecidae Muridae
Nesomyidae
3
Nipah virus Hipposideridae
Muridae
Pteropodidae
Rhinolophidae
Vespertilionidae 21
Old world screw worm Aepycerotinae
Bovidae
Elephantidae
Felidae
Giraffidae
Rhinocerotidae
Ursidae
8
Paratuberculosis Bovidae
Canidae
Cervidae
Corvidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
15
Peste des petits ruminants Bovidae 5
Porcine cystocircosis Hylobatidae
Otariidae
Ursidae 3
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome 0
Q fever Canidae
Cricetidae
Cricetidae
Didelphidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Otariidae
Phocidae
Phocoenidae
Procyonidae
Sciuridae
Suidae
Ursidae
15
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease Leporidae Muridae 3
Rabies Bovidae
Canidae
Caviidae
Cervidae
Cricetidae
Elephantidae
Emballonuridae
Erethizontidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Mephitidae
Molossidae
Mormoopidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Myocastoridae
Phyllostomidae
Procyonidae
Pteropodidae
Rhinolophidae
Sciuridae
Vespertilionidae
Viverridae
137
Rift Valley fever Bovidae
Hipposideridae
Muridae
Pteropodidae
Rhinocerotidae
Vespertilionidae
18
Rinderpest Bovidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippotamidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
25
Salmonellosis Bovidae 1
Scrapie 0
Surra Caviidae
Cervidae
Cricetidae
Echimyidae
Phyllostomidae
Tayassuidae
9
Swine vesicular disease 0
Theileriosis Bovidae Cervidae 2
Transmissable gastroenteritis 0
Trichinella Canidae
Castoridae
Cricetidae
Crocodylidae
Dasypodidae
Dasyuridae
Didelphidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Mephitidae
Monodontidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Nandiniidae
Odobenidae
Procyonidae
Sciuridae
Ursidae
59
Tritrichomonas foetus Leporidae Muridae 2
Trypanosomosis Bovidae
Camelidae
Cercopithecidae
Felidae
Hippopotamidae
Lorisidae
Rhinocerotidae
Suidae
25
Tularemia Cambaridae
Canidae
Castoridae
Cervidae
Cichlidae
Cricetidae
Equidae
Erinaceidae
Falconidae
Felidae
Gadidae
Haemulidae
Haliotidae
Heteromyidae
Leporidae
Mephitidae
Moronidae
Muridae
Mustelidae
Procyonidae
Salmonidae
Sciuridae
Soricidae
Talpidae
Ursidae
65
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis Cricetidae
Cuniculidae
Didelphidae
Echimyidae
Heteromyidae
Muridae
Phyllostomidae
Sciuridae
Vespertilionidae
33
Vesicular stomatitis Antilocapridae
Aotidae
Atelidae
Bovidae
Bradypodidae
Camelidae
Canidae
Cebidae
Cervidae
Cricetidae
Dasypodidae
Dasyproctidae
Didelphidae
Echimyidae
Echimyidae
Equidae
Erethizontidae
Heteromyidae
Leporidae
Megalonychidae
Mephitidae
Muridae
Myocastoridae
Myrmecophagidae
Phyllostomidae
Procyonidae
Sciuridae
58
West Nile virus Cercopithecidae
Cervidae
Cricetidae
Didelphidae
Molossidae
Muridae
Procyonidae
Pteropodidae
Sciuridae
Vespertilionidae
23
Western equine encephalomyelitis Colubridae
Cricetidae
Didelphidae
Leporidae
Mephitidae
Phyllostomidae
Procyonidae
Ranidae
Sciuridae
16
Total wildlife host‐pathogen relationships 1146