The impacts of infectious disease on wildlife populations and the importance of disease surveillance for endangered species conservation and management programmes have been repeatedly demonstrated. However, such programmes are currently limited. Pathogens may be via vaccination of sympatric domestic dogs Most economical and practical way to protect wild dogs from canine Potential threats to African wild dog conservation in KZN.

This study provides evidence that CDV, CPV and rabies are In 2006 the largest wild dog pack in KZN was reduced from 26 individuals to a single animal ĭisease due to rabies virus was considered the most probableĬause. Wild dogs exhibitedĠ% and 4.2% prevalence for CDV and CPV antibodies, respectively. The presence of these pathogens was confirmed in domestic dogs throughout KZN.

Samples were obtained from 24 wild dogs for canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine parvovirus (CPV) serological testing.ĭata were collected on the presence of CDV, CPV, and rabies virus in the KZN domestic dog ( Canis Surveillance and mortality survey for the population of African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, from

Recent expansion of human and domesticĪnimal populations has made wildlife more susceptible to transmission of pathogens from domestic animal hosts. Disease can cause declines in wildlife populations and significantly threaten their survival.

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