title: Exposure of Free-Ranging Wild Carnivores and Domestic Dogs to Canine Distemper Virus and Parvovirus in the Cerrado of Central Brazil.
abstract: Human population growth around protected areas increases the contact between wild and domestic animals, promoting disease transmission between them. This study investigates the exposure of free-ranging wild carnivores and domestic dogs to canine distemper virus (CDV) and parvovirus in Emas National Park (ENP) in the Cerrado savanna of central Brazil. Serum samples were collected from 169 wild carnivores, including the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), hoary fox (Pseudalopex vetulus), puma (Puma concolor), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) and coati (Nasua nasua), and from 35 domestic dogs living on rural properties bordering ENP. Serological tests showed that 10.6% of wild carnivores (maned wolves, crab-eating foxes and ocelots) and 71.4% of domestic dogs were exposed to CDV, and 56.8% of wild carnivores, including all species sampled except coatis, and 57.1% of domestic dogs were exposed to parvovirus. This report is the first to indicate that the free-ranging pampas cat, jaguarundi and striped hog-nosed skunk are exposed to parvovirus. CDV and parvovirus deserve attention in ENP, and it is extremely important to monitor the health of carnivore populations and perform molecular diagnosis of the viruses to determine the possible involvement of the domestic dog in their transmission.
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, GO, Brazil. marianafurtado@jaguar.org.br.|Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil. marianafurtado@jaguar.org.br.
authors.forename: Mariana Malzoni
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erika Midori Kida
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Susan Dora
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Allendorf
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Biovet, Vargem Grande Paulista, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudio José
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, GO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anah Tereza
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: de Almeida Jácomo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Megid
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Biovet, Vargem Grande Paulista, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Domingues
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ramos Filho
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, GO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Jaguar Conservation Fund/Instituto Onça-Pintada, Mineiros, GO, Brazil.|Instituto de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natália Mundim
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Tôrres
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Soares
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ferreira Neto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001938:Brazil; D002335:Carnivora; D004216:Distemper; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D012889:Mephitidae; D017992:Parvovirus
keywords: conservation Medicine; crab-eating fox; infectious disease; maned wolf; serosurvey; virus; wild canids; wild felids