Outbreak of canine distemper and coinfections in a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and in three giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).

Autor: Souza LR; Sector of Animal Pathology, Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Carvalho MPN; Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Sector of Clinic, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Lopes CEB; Sector of Animal Pathology, Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Lopes MC; Sector of Animal Pathology, Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Campos BH; Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Sector of Clinic, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Teixeira ÉPT; Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF), Rodovia João Paulo II, 4143, Bairro Serra Verde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31630-900, Brazil., Mendes EJ; Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF), Rodovia João Paulo II, 4143, Bairro Serra Verde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31630-900, Brazil., Santos LP; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Caixeta EA; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Costa EA; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Cunha JLR; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Fraiha ALS; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Silva ROS; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Ramos CP; Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil., Varaschin MS; Sector of Animal Pathology, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, 37200-900, Brazil., Ecco R; Sector of Animal Pathology, Department of Clinic and Surgery, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil. ecco@vet.ufmg.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] [Braz J Microbiol] 2022 Sep; Vol. 53 (3), pp. 1731-1741. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 21.
DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00783-5
Abstrakt: Canine distemper outbreak and coinfections in three giant anteaters and in a maned wolf has been described. Three giant anteaters developed respiratory and digestive clinical signs after the introduction of a maned wolf to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The maned wolf and two anteaters died, and one anteater was euthanized. Post mortem and histopathologic exams revealed lesions associated with numerous intraepithelial inclusion bodies, mainly in the respiratory and digestive systems. Infection by distemper virus was confirmed in all animals by RT-PCR and gene sequencing, which revealed the Europe 1/ South America 1 strain, closely related to the strain from Canis familiaris. In addition to distemper, the animals had other comorbidities, such as toxoplasmosis and salmonellosis in the maned wolf and cutaneous candidiasis in an anteater. Considering the chronology of clinical manifestation in both species and the viral characterization, it is possible that the maned wolf was the source of infection to the anteaters. This study demonstrates the importance of implementing biosecurity measures in enclosures that house animals of different species, highlighting the importance of quarantine before introduction of new animals into the same environment.
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Databáze: MEDLINE