Reston ebolavirus (REBOV) can be transmitted to pigs.[134] This virus was discovered during an outbreak of what at the time was thought to be simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) in crab-eating macaques in Reston, Virginia (hence the name Reston elabovirus) in 1989. Since the initial outbreak it has since been found in nonhuman primates in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Italy. In each case, the affected animals had been imported from a facility in the Philippines,[62] where the virus had infected pigs.[135] Despite its status as a Level‑4 organism and its apparent pathogenicity in monkeys, REBOV has not caused disease in exposed human laboratory workers.[136] In 2012 it was demonstrated that the virus can travel without contact from pigs to nonhuman primates, although the same study failed to achieve transmission in that manner between primates.[134] According to the WHO, routine cleaning and disinfection of pig (or monkey) farms with sodium hypochlorite or other detergents should be effective in inactivating the Reston ebolavirus. If an outbreak is suspected, the area must be immediately quarantined.[95]
While pigs that have been infected with REBOV tend to develop symptomatic disease, it has been shown that dogs may become infected with EBOV and remain asymptomatic. Dogs in some parts of Africa must scavenge for their food and it is known that they sometimes eat infected animals. Although they remain asymptomatic, a 2005 survey of dogs during an EBOV outbreak found that over 30% showed a seroprevalence for EBOV