Table. Summary of laboratory diagnostic testing results, by carcass sampled, after an anthrax epizootic in wildlife, Bwabwata National Park, Namibia, 2017.

Carcass ID	Species	AAD Rapid Test	Culture	LRN rRT-PCR	Immunohistochemistry
					Cell wall	Capsule
001	Cape buffalo	+	+	NA	–	+
002	Cape buffalo†	–	–	NA	–	–
005	Cape buffalo	+	+	NA	+	+
007	Hippopotamus	+	+	+	+	+
008	Hippopotamus	+	–	+	+	+
009	Hippopotamus	+	+	+	+	+
012	Hippopotamus	+	+	+	NA	NA

*AAD Rapid Test, InBios Active Anthrax Detect Rapid Test (InBios, http://www.inbios.com); LRN rRT-PCR, Laboratory Response Network real-time reverse transcription PCR; NA, not available; +, positive; –, negative.
†This Cape buffalo carcass served as a negative control. The animal died as a result of a vehicle collision, and anthrax infection was not suspected as cause of death.