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- Title
Primary study of seroprevalence to virus pathogens in wild felids of South Primorie, Russia.
- Authors
Naidenko, S.V.; Hernandez-Blanco, J.A.; Pavlova, E.V.; Erofeeva, M.N.; Sorokin, P.A.; Litvinov, M.N.; Kotlyar, A.K.; Sulikhan, N.S.; Rozhnov, V.V.
- Abstract
Seroprevalence to nine different virus pathogens was estimated for Russian big cats (Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica Temminck, 1844) and far-eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis (Schiegel, 1857))) in Southern Primorie, Russia (n = 25), in 2008–2016. Serum samples from smaller cats (Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)) and far-eastern wildcat (leopard cat) (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus (Elliot, 1871))) were also tested for these pathogens (n = 19) during the same period. Felids of Russian Southern Primorie showed seroprevalence to eight out of nine tested pathogens, including highly dangerous feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus, and canine distemper virus. Antibodies to feline panleukopenia virus were found to be much more widespread in cats (45%) than antibodies to any other virus. They were detected in samples taken from tigers, leopards, and far-eastern wildcats but not lynxes. Antibodies to pseudorabies virus were detected only in Amur tiger (29%), whose main prey is the most common carrier of the virus (wild boar), unlike for the other studied cats’ species.
- Subjects
PHANTOM cats; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS diseases; VIRAL antibodies; FELINE panleukopenia virus
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2018, Vol 96, Issue 8, p839
- ISSN
0008-4301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjz-2017-0192