Seroprevalence of selected infectious agents in a free-ranging, low-density lion population in the Central Kalahari Game Reserves in Botswana.
Twenty-one free-ranging Central Kalahari lions (Panthera leo) exhibited a high prevalence rate of feline herpesvirus (100%) and feline immunodeficiency virus (71.4%). Canine distemper virus and feline calicivirus occurred with a low prevalence. All individuals tested negative for feline coronavirus, feline parvovirus, feline leukemia virus, Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
Ramsauer
Sandra
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Zoological Institute, Zurich University, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Bay
Gert
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Meli
Marina
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Hofmann-Lehmann
Regina
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Lutz
Hans
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001902:Botswana / Q000453:epidemiology; D017927:Calicivirus, Feline / Q000276:immunology*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000276:immunology*; D008045:Lions; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral