Feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus infection in free-ranging guignas (Leopardus guigna) and sympatric domestic cats in human perturbed landscapes on ChiloÉ Island, Chile

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 199-208

  Mora, MóNica ^a   Napolitano, Constanza ^a   Ortega, René ^b   Poulin, Elie ^a   Pizarro Lucero, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Emerging diseases; Felis catus; FeLV; FIV; Human landscape perturbation; Leopardus guigna

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHILO; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; ONCIFELIS GUIGNA;

ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; CHILE; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILE; FELIDAE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; ISLANDS; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84920513349     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2014-04-114     Document Type: Article

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