Serosurvey for selected viral infections in freeranging jaguars (Panthera Onca) and domestic carnivores in Brazilian Cerrado, Pantanal, and Amazon

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 510-521

  Furtado, Mariana Malzoni ^a,b   Filho, José Domingues de Ramos ^c   Scheffer, Karin Corrêa ^d   Coelho, Claudio José ^c   Cruz, Paula Sônia ^d   Ikuta, Cassia Yumi ^b   Jácomo, Anah Tereza de Almeida ^a   Porfírio, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira ^a   Silveira, Leandro ^a   Sollmann, Rahel ^a,e   Tôrres, Natália Mundim ^a,f   Neto, José Soares Ferreira ^b  

^a Jaguar Conservation Fund Instituto Onça Pintada   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório Biovet   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Pasteur de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Canine distemper virus; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline leukemia virus; Jaguars; Panthera onca; Rabies virus; Wild felids

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; JAGUARS; MALE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; WILD FELIDS;

BRAZIL; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; JAGUARS; PANTHERA ONCA; RABIES VIRUS; WILD FELIDS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; PANTHERA; RABIES VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA ONCA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84879159845     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-02-056     Document Type: Article

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