Antibodies to Canine Distemper and Phocine Distemper Viruses in Polar Bears from the Canadian Arctic

Marc R. L. Cattet; Pádraig J. Duignan; Carol A. House; David J. St. Aubin

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.338

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1 April 2004 Antibodies to Canine Distemper and Phocine Distemper Viruses in Polar Bears from the Canadian Arctic

Marc R. L. Cattet, Pádraig J. Duignan, Carol A. House, David J. St. Aubin

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 40(2):338-342 (2004). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.338

Abstract

Serum samples collected from 200 polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from two populations in the Canadian arctic, the western Hudson Bay and Lancaster Sound populations, between 1989 and 1996, were tested for antibodies to canine distemper (CDV) and phocine distemper viruses (PDV) using virus neutralization. Antibodies to CDV and PDV were detected in 48 and six polar bears, respectively. All six bears that tested positive for PDV also tested positive for CDV; in only one case did the antibody titer for PDV exceed that of CDV. Differences in antibody prevalence to CDV were detected between populations and age classes but not sex or year of sampling.

Cattet, Duignan, House, and St. Aubin: Antibodies to Canine Distemper and Phocine Distemper Viruses in Polar Bears from the Canadian Arctic

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Marc R. L. Cattet, Pádraig J. Duignan, Carol A. House, and David J. St. Aubin "Antibodies to Canine Distemper and Phocine Distemper Viruses in Polar Bears from the Canadian Arctic," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40(2), 338-342, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.2.338

Received: 20 June 2002; Published: 1 April 2004

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