Feline leukemia virus infection: A threat for the survival of the critically endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Meli, Marina L ^a   Cattori, Valentino ^a   Martínez, Fernando ^b   López, Guillermo ^c   Vargas, Astrid ^b   Palomares, Francisco ^d   López Bao, José V ^d   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Programa de Conservación Ex Situ del Lince Ibérico   (Spain)

^c Egmasa Consejería de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Feline leukemia virus infection; Feline pathogens; Lynx pardinus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; LYNX; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LYNX; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 75949102126     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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