Natural Occurrence of Tularemia in Marsupials, Carnivores, Lagomorphs, and Large Rodents in South-Western Georgia and Northwestern Florida

Serologic Survey of Select Infectious Diseases in Coyotes and Raccoons in Nebraska

“…Sera from 19 coyotes (32%, 95% CI: 20.3-45.0) and 23 raccoons (38%, 95% CI: 26.1-51.8) were positive. Prevalence of F. tularensis antibodies has also been reported for coyotes in Wyoming (0-30%; Gese et al, 1997) and Idaho (88%;Gier, 1978), and for raccoons in Tennessee (45.3%; Burgdorfer et al, 1974) and in Georgia and Florida (24.9%;McKeever et al, 1958).…”

Serological Investigation of Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) and Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) As Indicator Animals for Circulation ofFrancisella tularensisin Germany

“…Carnivores and omnivores have been shown to be adequate indicator animals for several zoonotic diseases, including plague and tularemia (McKeever et al 1958, Vest et al 1965, McCue and O'Farrell 1988, Miller et al 2000, Ellis et al 2002, Bischof and Rogers 2005. In northwestern Germany, antibodies to F. tularensis could be detected in only one out of 1061 sera of wild boars (Sus scrofa) collected between 1977 and 1984 (Dedek et al 1986), whereas in another study, 3.1% of sera (n = 763) were positive between 1995 and 1996 (Al Dahouk et al 2005).…”

Tularemia

“…High percentages of carnivore and scavenger species with antibody titers from serological surveys indicate past exposure to F. tularensis, 193,194 thereby illustrating the susceptibility of carnivores to natural infections and their ability to survive those infections. Coyotes infected experimentally have developed clinical disease in some studies but not others.…”