Survey of feline leukemia virus and feline coronaviruses in captive neotropical wild felids from Southern Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 360-364

  Guimaraes, Ana M S ^a   Brandão, Paulo E ^a   De Moraes, Wanderlei ^b   Cubas, Zalmir S ^b   Santos, Leonilda C ^b   Villarreal, Laura Y B ^a   Robes, Rogério R ^d   Coelho, Fabiana M ^c   Resende, Mauricio ^c   Santos, Renata C F ^d   Oliveira, Rosangela C ^a   Yamaguti, Mauricio ^a   Marques, Lucas M ^a   Neto, Renata L ^a   Buzinhani, Melissa ^a   Marques, Regina ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^e   Biondo, Alexander W ^d   Timenetsky, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Refúgio Bela Vista ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline coronavirus; feline leukemia virus; Leopardus pardalis; Leopardus tigrinus; neotropical cats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS; FECES; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUMA; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAZIL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUMA; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651047005     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0067.1     Document Type: Article

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