title: Detection of Feline leukemia virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus).
abstract: Feline retroviruses are rarely reported in lynx species. Twenty-one Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) blood and tissue samples collected from Doñana 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.
authors.affiliation: Gir Diagnostics S.L., Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luaces
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doménech
authors.forename: Marino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Montijano
authors.forename: Victorio M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Collado
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: J German
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tejerizo
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galka
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez-Lucía
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046008:Lynx; D009154:Mutation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins