Detection of Feline leukemia virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus).
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.
Luaces
Inés
I
Gir Diagnostics S.L., Madrid, Spain.
Doménech
Ana
A
García-Montijano
Marino
M
Collado
Victorio M
VM
Sánchez
Celia
C
Tejerizo
J German
JG
Galka
Margarita
M
Fernández
Pilar
P
Gómez-Lucía
Esperanza
E
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
D014764:Viral Proteins