Forty-five wildcats (Felis silvestris), 17 sand cats (Felis margarita), and 17 feral domestic cats were captured in central west Saudi Arabia, between May 1998 and April 2000, with the aim to assess their exposure to feline immunodeficiency virus/puma lentivirus (FIV/PLV), feline leukaemia virus (FeLV), feline herpesvirus (FHV-1), feline calicivirus (FCV), feline coronavirus (FCoV), and feline panleukopenia virus (FPLV). Serologic prevalence in wildcats, sand cats, and feral domestic cats were respectively: 6%, 0%, 8% for FIV/PLV; 3%, 8%, 0% for FeLV; 5%, 0%, 15% for FHV-1; 25%, 0%, 39% for FCV; 10%, 0%, 0% for FCoV; and 5%, 0%, 8% for FPLV. We recorded the first case of FeLV antigenemia in a wild sand cat. Positive results to FIV/PLV in wildcats and feral cats confirmed the occurrence of a feline lentivirus in the sampled population.
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1 July 2003
A Serologic Survey of Wild Felids from Central West Saudi Arabia
Stéphane Ostrowski,
Moritz Van Vuuren,
Daniel M. Lenain,
Alma Durand
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 39 • No. 3
July 2003
Vol. 39 • No. 3
July 2003
feline calicivirus
feline coronavirus
feline herpesvirus
feline lentivirus
feline panleukopenia virus
Felis catus
Felis margarita