Detection of Feline leukemia virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). |
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| Authors: | Inés Luaces Ana Doménech Marino García-Montijano Victorio M Collado Celia Sánchez J German Tejerizo Margarita Galka Pilar Fernández Esperanza Gómez-Lucía |
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| Institution: | Gir Diagnostics S.L., Madrid, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | Feline retroviruses are rarely reported in lynx species. Twenty-one Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) blood and tissue samples collected from Do?ana National Park and Los Villares (Sierra Morena) in southern Spain during 1993-2003 were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction to amplify nucleic acids from feline retroviruses. Six samples were positive for Feline leukemia virus (FeLV), but no samples tested positive for Feline immunodeficiency virus. The BLAST analysis indicated that 5 of the 6 sequences were closely related to FeLV strain Rickard subgroup A, whereas 1 sequence was identical to FeLV. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of FeLV in the endangered Iberian lynx. |
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