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Worldwide Occurrence of Feline Hemoplasma Infections in Wild Felid Species

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dc.creator Willi, Bárbara
dc.creator Filoni, Claudia
dc.creator Catão-Dias, José L.
dc.creator Cattori, Valentino
dc.creator Meli, Marina L.
dc.creator Vargas, Astrid
dc.creator Martínez, Fernando
dc.creator Roelke, Melody E.
dc.creator Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre
dc.creator Leutenegger, Christian M.
dc.creator Lutz, Hans
dc.creator Hofmann-Lehmann, R.
dc.date 2008-03-28T10:39:20Z
dc.date 2008-03-28T10:39:20Z
dc.date 2007-02-14
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:01:18Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:01:18Z
dc.identifier Journal Clinical Microbiology 45(4): 1159–1166 (2007)
dc.identifier 1098-660X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3354
dc.identifier 10.1128/JCM.02005-06
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3354
dc.description While hemoplasma infections in domestic cats are well studied, almost no information is available on their occurrence in wild felids. The aims of the present study were to investigate wild felid species as possible reservoirs of feline hemoplasmas and the molecular characterization of the hemoplasma isolates. Blood samples from the following 257 wild felids were analyzed: 35 Iberian lynxes from Spain, 36 Eurasian lynxes from Switzerland, 31 European wildcats from France, 45 lions from Tanzania, and 110 Brazilian wild felids, including 12 wild felid species kept in zoos and one free-ranging ocelot. Using real-time PCR, feline hemoplasmas were detected in samples of the following species: Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx, European wildcat, lion, puma, oncilla, Geoffroy’s cat, margay, and ocelot. “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” was the most common feline hemoplasma in Iberian lynxes, Eurasian lynxes, Serengeti lions, and Brazilian wild felids, whereas “Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis” was the most prevalent in European wildcats; hemoplasma coinfections were frequently observed. Hemoplasma infection was associated with species and free-ranging status of the felids in all animals and with feline leukemia virus provirus-positive status in European wildcats. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA and the partial RNase P gene revealed that most hemoplasma isolates exhibit high sequence identities to domestic cat-derived isolates, although some isolates form different subclusters within the phylogenetic tree. In conclusion, 9 out of 15 wild felid species from three different continents were found to be infected with feline hemoplasmas. The effect of feline hemoplasma infections on wild felid populations needs to be further investigated.
dc.description This work was supported by a research grant (Forschungskredit 2002) of the University of Zurich; by the Janggen-Poehn Foundation, St. Gallen; by the Roche Research Foundation, Basel; and by Merial GmbH, Germany. R.H.-L. is the recipient of a professorship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00B-102866).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Society for Microbiology
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02005-06
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.title Worldwide Occurrence of Feline Hemoplasma Infections in Wild Felid Species
dc.type Artículo


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