Fatal infection with feline panleukopenia virus in two captive wild carnivores (Panthera Tigris and Panthera Leo)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-359

  Duarte, Margarida D ^a   Barros, Sílvia C ^a   Henriques, Margarida ^a   Fernandes, Teresa Lobo ^a   Bernardino, Rui ^c   Monteiro, Madalena ^b   Fevereiro, Miguel ^c  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^b Department of Pathology Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterina Ria   (Portugal)

^c Zoo of Lisbon   (Portugal)

Author keywords

feline panleukopenia virus; feline parvovirus; gene; lion; Panthera leo; Panthera tigris; phylogeny; tiger; VP2

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANAUS MELANIPPUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FELINE PARVOVIRUS; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PARVOVIRUS; SALMONELLA;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIGER; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIGERS;

EID: 67651021981     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0015.1     Document Type: Article

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