Detection of Feline leukemia virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Luaces, Inés ^a   Doménech, Ana ^b   García Montijano, Marino ^a   Collado, Victorio M ^b   Sánchez, Celia ^c   Tejerizo, J German ^b   Galka, Margarita ^d   Fernández, Pilar ^e   Gómez Lucía, Esperanza ^b  

^a Gir Diagnostics SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino   (Spain)

^d Clínica Veterinaria Arca de Noé   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline leukemia virus; Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; SUBGROUP A;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYNX; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, VIRAL; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LYNX; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 54549116103     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000325     Document Type: Article

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