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

doi:10.7589/2012-10-243

Characterization of regionally associated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in bobcats (Lynx rufus)

J Wildl Dis. 2013 Jul;49(3):718-22. doi: 10.7589/2012-10-243.

Authors

Danielle M Lagana¹, Justin S Lee, Jesse S Lewis, Sarah N Bevins, Scott Carver, Linda L Sweanor, Roy McBride, Caleb McBride, Kevin R Crooks, Sue VandeWoude

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.

PMID: 23778629
DOI: 10.7589/2012-10-243

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bobcat (Lynx rufus); Lentivirus; feline immunodeficiency virus; puma (Puma concolor); viral evolution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild / virology
Colorado / epidemiology
Florida / epidemiology
Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / classification*
Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / isolation & purification*
Lynx / virology*
Phylogeny*
Species Specificity