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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42(2), 2006, pp. 470-477
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First Evidence of Feline Herpesvirus, Calicivirus, Parvovirus, and Ehrlichia Exposure in Brazilian Free-ranging Felids

Claudia Filoni1,6, José Luiz Catão-Dias1,2, Gert Bay3, Edison Luiz Durigon4, Rodrigo Silva Pinto Jorge5, Hans Lutz3 and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann3

1 Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de Sã o Paulo, Avenida Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
2 Fundaçã o Parque Zoológico de São Paulo, Avenida Miguel Stéfano 4241, 04301-905, Sã o Paulo, SP, Brazil;
3 Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Wintherthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
4 Laboratório de Virologia Clínica e Molecular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Edifício Biomédicas II, Avenida Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
5 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de Sã o Paulo, Avenida Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
6 Corresponding author (email: cfiloni{at}usp.br)

ABSTRACT:   Serum samples from 18 pumas (Puma concolor), one ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and two little spotted cats (Leopardus tigrinus) collected from free-ranging animals in Brazil between 1998 and 2004 were tested by indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) for antibodies to feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV 1), calicivirus (FCV), coronavirus (FCoV), parvo-virus (FPV), Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma pha-gocytophilum, and Bartonella henselae. Serum samples also were tested, by Western blot and ELISA, for feline leukemia virus (FeLV) specific antibodies and antigen, respectively, by Western blot for antibodies to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and by indirect ELISA for antibodies to puma lentivirus (PLV). Antibodies to FHV 1, FCV, FCoV, FPV, FeLV, FIV, PLV or related viruses, and to B. henselae were detected. Furthermore, high-titered antibodies to E. canis or a closely related agent were detected in a puma for the first time.
  Key words:  Anaplasma, Bartonella, Ehrlichia, feline viruses, free-ranging felids, Leopardus tigrinus, Leopardus pardalis, Puma concolor, serology.




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