Cutaneous Filariasis in Free-Ranging Rothschild's Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in Uganda

Christopher A. Whittier; Suzan Murray; Kali Holder; Sabrina McGraw; Robert Fleischer; Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez; Peter Black; Robert Yordi; Michael Keigwin; Eric Enyel; Patrick Atimnedi

doi:10.7589/2018-09-212

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Christopher A. Whittier,^1,* Suzan Murray,² Kali Holder,³ Sabrina McGraw,³ Robert Fleischer,³ Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez,³ Peter Black,⁴ Robert Yordi,⁴ Michael Keigwin,⁵ Eric Enyel,⁶ Patrick Atimnedi⁶

¹1Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, and Center for Conservation Medicine, Cummings
²2Smithsonian Global Health Program, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 3001 Connecticut Ave
³3National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, W
⁴4Bush Gardens Tampa Bay, 3605 E Bouganvillea Avenue, Tampa Bay, Florida 33612, USA
⁵5Uganda Conservation Foundation (U) Ltd., PO Box 34020, Kampala, Uganda
⁶6Uganda Wildlife Authority, PO Box 3530, Kampala, Uganda

^*Corresponding author (email: chris.whittier@tufts.edu)

Abstract

Across Africa, wild giraffes suffer from a variety of skin disorders of mostly unknown etiology. With their populations already threatened from anthropogenic factors, it is important to understand infectious disease risks to giraffes. Here we describe filarid parasites and a portion of their genetic sequence associated with skin disease in Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in Uganda.

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Christopher A. Whittier, Suzan Murray, Kali Holder, Sabrina McGraw, Robert Fleischer, Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, Peter Black, Robert Yordi, Michael Keigwin, Eric Enyel, and Patrick Atimnedi "Cutaneous Filariasis in Free-Ranging Rothschild's Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in Uganda," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56(1), 234-238, (6 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-09-212

Received: 3 August 2018; Accepted: 18 March 2019; Published: 6 January 2020

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