Viral infections in free-living populations of the European wildcat

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 678-686

  Leutenegger, C M ^e   Hofmann Lehmann, R ^f   Riols, C ^a   Liberek, M ^f   Worel, G ^b   Lups, P ^c   Fehr, D ^f   Hartmann, M ^f   Weilenmann, P ^d   Lutz, H ^f  

^a Maison Forestière de Geleneau   (France)

^b Wildcat Release Program   (Germany)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Zoological Garden   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

European wildcat; Feline calicivirus; Feline coronavirus; Feline herpesvirus; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline infectious peritonitis; Feline leukemia virus; Feline parvovirus; Felis silvestris silvestris; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

CALICIVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELINE PARVOVIRUS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; PARVOVIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DNA VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CARNIVORA; CATS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRANCE; GERMANY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUSES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033203611     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.678     Document Type: Article

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