Abstract

Serum prevalence to non-viral pathogens in wild felids of Southern Primorye, Russia

Highlights

  • Infectious diseases may be a serious threat to wild animals that might result in population decline (Roelke-Parker et al, 1996; Murray et al, 1999; Deem et al, 2001)

  • Some species-specific differences were found in serum prevalence to feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), canine distemper virus (CDV), feline calicivirus (FCV) and Aujezsky’s disease virus

  • The serum prevalence to non-viral pathogens was higher in large cats than in smaller ones, significantly for Candida and Trichinella

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Summary

Introduction

Infectious diseases may be a serious threat to wild animals that might result in population decline (Roelke-Parker et al, 1996; Murray et al, 1999; Deem et al, 2001). The studies of seroprevalence in Amur tigers (Quigley et al, 2010; Goodrich et al, 2012a; Naidenko et al, 2018a) and in Far Eastern leopards (Goodrich et al, 2012b; Naidenko et al, 2018a) were conducted for some pathogens. There is only one study on serum prevalence of bears (Ursus spp.) (Naidenko et al, 2018b) It described interspecific differences in serum prevalence to Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella sp. Three felid species (Amur tiger, Eurasian lynx and Far Eastern wildcat) inhabit the whole southern Primorye. The aim of this study was to estimate inter-specific differences in serum prevalence to six non-viral pathogens in four wild felid species inhabiting the Southern Primorye. If the amount of serum from some individuals was limited just few tests were conducted

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