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Table 2 Observed prevalence of FMDV NSP antibodies reported for all the wildlife species tested.

From: Serological profile of foot-and-mouth disease in wildlife populations of West and Central Africa with special reference to Syncerus caffer subspecies

Specie

No Positive/TOT

Observed seroprevalence

95% CI

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta Africana)

0/1

0%

-

African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)

0/4

0%

-

Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola)

1/5

20.0%

2.0% - 64.0%

Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)

4/6

66.7%

29.6% - 90.7%

Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)

0/2

0%

-

Buffon’s Kob (Kobus kob)

24/172

13.9%

9.5% - 20.0%

Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

0/5

0%

-

Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)

2/15

13.3%

2.5% - 39.1%

Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)

4/29

13.8%

4.9% - 31.2%

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus unctuosus)

36/57

63.2%

50.1% - 74.5%

Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas)

0/40

0%

-

Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus)

3/14

21.4%

6.8% - 48.3%

Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoeurs meinertzhageni)

0/1

0%

-

Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

0/4

0%

-

Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

1/20

5.0%

0% - 25.4%

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious)

1/1

100%

-

Kordofan Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardis antiquorum)

0/5

0%

-

Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel)

2/40

5.0%

0.5% - 17.4%

Nile Buffalo (Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis)

115/168

68.4%

61.1% - 75.0%

Nolan Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus africanus)

0/7

0%

-

Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)

1/7

14.3%

0.5% - 53.3%

Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)

1/6

16.7%

1.1% - 58.2%

Red-Flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)

3/5

60.0%

22.9% - 88.4%

Red-Fronted Gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons)

0/1

0%

-

Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus)

2/28

7.1%

0.9% - 23.7%

Tiang (Damaliscus korrigum korrigum)

1/5

20.0%

2.0% - 64.0%

Topi (Damaliscus korrigum jimela)

3/14

21.4%

6.8% - 48.3%

West African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros)

12/24

50.0%

31.4% - 68.6%

Western Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major)

0/8

0%

-

Yellow-Backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultur)

0/2

0%

-

TOT Buffalo

127/196

64.8%

57.9% - 71.1%

TOT Other Wildlife

89/500

17.8%

14.7% - 21.4%

TOT Cattle

13/19

68.4%

45.8% - 84.8%

  1. Adjusted-Wald test F(29, 667) = 10.06 (p = 0.000).