Fig. 2

Free-ranging mustelids found dead, culled or hunted in Switzerland from 1958 to 2015. Diagram a shows the total number of dead mustelids, including those shot and found dead, which were recorded in Switzerland from 1958 to the winter 2014/15 (national hunting statistics). Diagram b shows the number of cases submitted to the FIWI from 1958 to 2015 (animals included in the present study), using the same color code for different mustelid species as in Diagram a. The black line in Diagram b represents the number of mustelids diagnosed positive for rabies at the Swiss Rabies Center. Rabies investigations began in 1967 and cases were recorded until 1997, when the disease was eradicated from Switzerland. The horizontal black arrow indicates the years of the national epidemic of canine distemper