Hofmann-Lehmann
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Importance of infectious diseases in free-ranging and captive wild felids of Brazil | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | There is still a great lack of information regarding the occurrence and importance of infections in wild felids in Brazil, even in endangered free-ranging felids. Information on the exposure of felids to potential infectious agents is an important prerequisite for conservationist projects. Thus, it is the aim of the present study to conduct a survey for exposure to selected pathogens in Brazilian free-ranging and captive felids. The investigated agents include the feline leukemia virus (FeLV), feline and puma immunodeficiency viruses (FIV, PIV), feline calici (FCV), parvo (FPV), herpes (FHV-1), and corona viruses (FCoV), Anaplasma phagocytophila, Ehrlichia canis, Bartonella henselae, Theileria, and Cytauxzoon. Our findings so far point to the presence of common domestic carnivore pathogens in wild felids in their natural home range and address the need of close monitoring of these infections throughout an integrative and multidisciplinary approach. |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Claudia Filoni, José Luiz Catão-Dias, Gert Bay, Barbara Willi, Valentino Cattori, Marina L. Meli, Sandra Helena Ramiro Corrêa, José Daniel Luzes Fedullo, Cristina Harumi Adania, Jean Carlos Ramos Silva, Maria Fernanda Vianna Marvulo, José Soares Ferreira Neto, Vânia Maria de Carvalho, Selene Dall Acqua Coutinho, Hans Lutz, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann. SURVEY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS IN BRAZILIAN CAPTIVE FELIDS. In preparation.Filoni, C. J. L. Catão-Dias, H. Lutz, and R. Hofmann-Lehmann. 2008. Retrovirus infections and Brazilian wild felids. Braz J Vet Pathol, 1: 88- 96.Filoni C., J. L. Catão-Dias, G. Bay, E. L. Durigon, R. S. Pinto Jorge, H. Lutz, and R. Hofmann-Lehmann. 2006. First evidence of feline herpes virus, calicivirus, parvovirus, and Ehrlichia exposure in Brazilian free-ranging felids. J Wildl Dis 42: 470-7. | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Wild felids, viral infections, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, conservation, wildlife protection | ||||
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No project-specific funding |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2008 to Dec 2009 |