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Characterization of regionally associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in bobcats (Lynx rufus)
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Lagana, DM and Lee, JS and Lewis, JS and Bevins, SN and Carver, S and Sweanor, LL and McBride, R and McBride, C and Crooks, KR and VandeWoude, S, Characterization of regionally associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in bobcats (Lynx rufus), Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 49, (3) pp. 718-722. ISSN 0090-3558 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) classically infects felid species with highly divergent species-specific FIVs. However, re- cent studies have detected an FIV strain infecting both bobcats (Lynx rufus) and pumas (Puma concolor) in California and Florida. To further investigate this observation, we evaluated FIV from bobcats in Florida (n = 25) and Colorado (n = 80) between 2008 and 2011. Partial viral sequences from five Florida bobcats cluster with previously published sequences from Florida panthers. We did not detect FIV in Colorado bobcats.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | bobcat (Lynx rufus), feline immunodeficiency virus, Lentivirus, puma (Puma concolor), viral evolution |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Evolutionary Biology |
| Research Field: | Host-Parasite Interactions |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
| Objective Field: | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Carver, S (Dr Scott Carver) |
| ID Code: | 86173 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 8 |
| Deposited By: | Zoology |
| Deposited On: | 2013-08-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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