Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) classically infects felid species with highly divergent species-specific FIVs. However, recent studies have detected an FIV strain infecting both bobcats (Lynx rufus) and pumas (Puma concolor) in California and Florida. To further investigate this observation, we evaluated FIV from bobcats in Florida (n=25) and Colorado (n=80) between 2008 and 2011. Partial viral sequences from five Florida bobcats cluster with previously published sequences from Florida panthers. We did not detect FIV in Colorado bobcats.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 July 2013
Characterization of Regionally Associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in Bobcats (Lynx rufus)
Danielle M. Lagana,
Justin S. Lee,
Jesse S. Lewis,
Sarah N. Bevins,
Scott Carver,
Linda L. Sweanor,
Roy McBride,
Caleb McBride,
Kevin R. Crooks,
Sue VandeWoude
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
![](/ContentImages/journals/jwdi/49/3/3/WebImages/00903558-49.3.cover.jpg)
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 49 • No. 3
July 2013
Vol. 49 • No. 3
July 2013
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
feline immunodeficiency virus
lentivirus
puma (Puma concolor)
viral evolution