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Ryser-Degiorgis, M.-P.; Hofmann-Lehmann, R.; Leutenegger, C.M.; af Segerstad, C.H.; M”rner, T.; Mattsson, R.; Lutz, H.
Epizootilogic investigations of selected infectious disease agents in free-ranging Eurasian lynx from Sweden
2005 Journal of Wildlife Diseases (41): 58-66
Serum samples from 106 Eurasian lynx (_Lynx lynx_) from across Sweden, found dead or shot by hunters in 1993-99, were investigated for presence of antibodies to feline parvovirus (FPV), feline coronavirus, feline calicivirus, feline herpesvirus, feline immunodeficiency virus, _Francisella tularensis_, and _Anaplasma phagocytophila_, and for feline leukemia virus antigen. In addition, tissue samples from 22 lynx submitted in 1999 were analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect nucleic acids specific for viral agents and _A. phagocytophila_. Except for FPV antibodies in one lynx and _A. phagocytophila_ in four lynx, all serology was negative. All PCR results also were negative. It was concluded that free-ranging Swedish lynx do not have frequent contact with the infectious agents considered in this study.
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