Serosurvey for feline leukemia virus and lentiviruses in captive small neotropic felids in São Paulo State, Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Filoni, Claudia ^a   Adania, Cristina Harumi ^b   Durigon, Edison Luiz ^a   Catão Dias, José Luiz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Mata Ciliar Association   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Feline leukemia virus; Immunoassay; Lentivirus; Neotropic felids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; GAMMARETROVIRUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LENTIVIRUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; RETROVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038266589     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)34[0065:SFFLVA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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