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JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
卷 51, 期 1, 页码 199-208出版社
WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC, INC
DOI: 10.7589/2014-04-114
关键词
Emerging diseases; Felis catus; FeLV; FIV; human landscape perturbation; Leopardus guigna
资金
- Laboratorio de Virologia Animal (FAVET, Universidad de Chile)
- Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile)
- Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad
- Emerging Leaders in The Americas Program (ELAP, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Government of Canada)
- Becas Chile para pasantias doctorales (CONICYT, Chile)
- Panthera Kaplan Awards Program (Panthera Foundation, New York, New York, USA)
- Scott Neotropical Fund Award (Cleveland Metroparks Zoo)
- Scott Neotropical Fund Award (Cleveland Zoological Society, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
- Eric York Scholarship (Felidae Conservation Fund, Mill Valley, California, USA)
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) are two of the most common viruses affecting domestic cats (Felis catas). During the last two decades, reports show that both viruses also infect or affect other species of the family Felidae. Human landscape perturbation is one of the main causes of emerging diseases in wild animals, facilitating contact and transmission of pathogens between domestic and wild animals. We investigated FIV and FeLV infection in free-ranging guignas (Leopardus guigna) and sympatric domestic cats in human perturbed landscapes on Chiloe Island, Chile. Samples from 78 domestic cats and 15 guignas were collected from 2008 to 2010 and analyzed by PCR amplification and sequencing. Two guignas and two domestic cats were positive for FIV; three guignas and 26 domestic cats were positive for FeLV. The high percentage of nucleotide identity of FIV and FeLV sequences from both species suggests possible interspecies transmission of viruses, facilitated by increased contact probability through human invasion into natural habitats, fragmentation of guigna habitat, and poultry attacks by guignas. This study enhances our knowledge on the transmission of pathogens from domestic to wild animals in the global scenario of human landscape perturbation and emerging diseases.
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