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Luaces, I.; Dom‚nech, A.; Garc¡a-Montijano, M.; Collado, V.M.; S nchez, C.; Teierizo, J.G.; Galka, M.; Fern ndez, P.; G¢mez-Lucia, E.
Detection of _Feline leukemia_ virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (_Lynx pardinus_)
2008 Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (20): 281-285
Feline retroviruses are rarely reported in lynx species. Twenty-one Iberian lynx (_Lynx pardinus_) blood and tissue samples collected from Don~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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