JWD Subscribe to eTOC alerts
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 40(2), 2004, pp. 338-342
© Wildlife Disease Association  2004
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Cattet, M. R. L.
Right arrow Articles by St. Aubin, D. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Cattet, M. R. L.
Right arrow Articles by St. Aubin, D. J.

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Antibodies to Canine Distemper and Phocine Distemper Viruses in Polar Bears from the Canadian Arctic

Marc R. L. Cattet1,6, Pádraig J. Duignan2, Carol A. House3 and David J. St. Aubin4,5

1 Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5B4;
2 New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand;
3 National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Greenport, New York 11944, USA;
4 Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, Connecticut 06355, USA
6 Corresponding author (email: marc.cattet{at}usask.ca)

ABSTRACT:   Serum samples collected from 200 polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from two populations in the Canadian arctic, the western Hudson Bay and Lancaster Sound populations, between 1989 and 1996, were tested for antibodies to canine distemper (CDV) and phocine distemper viruses (PDV) using virus neutralization. Antibodies to CDV and PDV were detected in 48 and six polar bears, respectively. All six bears that tested positive for PDV also tested positive for CDV; in only one case did the antibody titer for PDV exceed that of CDV. Differences in antibody prevalence to CDV were detected between populations and age classes but not sex or year of sampling.
  Key words:  Antibody, canine distemper virus, morbillivirus, phocine distemper virus, polar bear, prevalence, serology, Ursus maritimus.

FOOTNOTES

5 Deceased






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2004 by the Wildlife Disease Association.