First evidence of feline herpesvirus, calicivirus, parvovirus, and Ehrlichia exposure in Brazilian free-ranging felids

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 470-477

  Filoni, Claudia ^a   Catão Dias, José Luiz ^a,b   Bay, Gert ^c   Durigon, Edison Luiz ^a   Pinto Jorge, Rodrigo Silva ^a   Lutz, Hans ^c   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Ehrlichia; Feline viruses; Free ranging felids; Leopardus pardalis; Leopardus tigrinus; Puma concolor; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CALICIVIRIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORONAVIRUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LENTIVIRUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; PARVOVIRUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 33748281542     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.470     Document Type: Article

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