Some viral and protozool diseases in the European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
| Autor: | Oswald Jarrett, Alexandra L. Hubbard, Richard Boid, Steven McOrist, Nigel Easterbee, Tudor W. Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Feline immunodeficiency virus Feline coronavirus biology.animal_breed Carnivora Antibodies Protozoan Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay medicine.disease_cause Antibodies Viral Feline leukemia virus Protozoan infection medicine Animals Protozoan Infections Animal Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Protozoan Infections Ecology biology Felis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Virology Toxoplasmosis Leukemia Toxoplasmosis Animal Scotland Virus Diseases Leukemia Feline European wildcat Cats Female Toxoplasma |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 27(4) |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | Ten European wildcats (Felis silvestris) were examined at necropsy and an additional 23 were examined clinically for evidence of viral diseases in Scotland. Two plasma samples taken from live free-living wildcats showed positive ELISA reactions to feline leukemia antigen. A feline leukemia virus of subgroup A was isolated from one of these samples, taken from a wildcat in north-western Scotland. No antibodies to feline coronavirus or feline immunodeficiency virus were detected in any sample. Three of the live wildcats and one of the dead had chronic mucopurulent rhinotracheitis suggestive of “cat flu.” One other dead wildcat had diffuse enlargement of anterior lymph nodes. The findings indicated that feline leukemia virus infection can occur in free-living Felis silvestris. It is possible that the disease exists as a sustained infection in some wildcat populations, although the close interaction between wildcat and the domestic cat means that the latter could act as a continual source of infection. |
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