Disease threats to the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-124

  Millán, Javier ^a   Candela, Mónica G ^b   Palomares, Francisco ^a   Cubero, María José ^b   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Barral, Marta ^c   de la Fuente, José ^d,e   Almería, Sonia ^f   León Vizcaíno, Luis ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic carnivores; Felid; Feline leukemia virus; Maintenance host; Spillover; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FOX; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LYNX; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOXES; HERPESTIDAE; LYNX; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPAIN; VIRUS DISEASES; VIVERRIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CYTAUXZOON; EHRLICHIA; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PARVOVIRUS; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 67349207347     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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