Title
Exposure of free-ranging maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) to infectious and parasitic disease agents in the Noël Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia
Author(s)
Deem S.L., Emmons L.H.
Published
2005
Publisher
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Abstract
Maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) are neotropic mammals, listed as a CITES Appendix II species, with a distribution south of the Amazon forest from Bolivia, through northern Argentina and Paraguay and into eastern Brazil and northern Uruguay. Primary threats to the survival of free-ranging maned wolves include habitat loss, road kills, and shooting by farmers. An additional threat to the conservation of maned wolves is the risk of morbidity and mortality due to infectious and parasitic diseases. Captive maned wolves are susceptible to, and die from, common infectious diseases of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) including canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV), rabies virus, and canine adenovirus (CAV). Results from this study show that free-ranging maned wolves in a remote area of Bolivia have been exposed to multiple infectious and parasitic agents of domestic carnivores, including CAV, CDV, CPV, canine coronavirus, rabies virus, Leptospira interrogans spp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Dirofilaria immitis, and may be at increased risk for disease due to these agents. Copyright 2005 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians.
Keywords
animal; animal disease; animal parasitosis; animal welfare; article; Bolivia; communicable disease; environment; female; health survey; male; physiology; wild animal; wolf; Animal Welfare; Animals; Animals, Wild; Bolivia; Communicable Diseases; Environment; Female; Male; Parasitic Diseases, Animal; Sentinel Surveillance; Wolves; Adenoviridae; Canine adenovirus; Canine coronavirus; Canine distemper virus; Canine parvovirus; Canis familiaris; Canis lupus; Chicken anemia virus; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Coronavirus; Dirofilaria immitis; Leptospira interrogans; Mammalia; Parvovirus; Rabies virus; Toxoplasma gondii
DOGS LYCAON-PICTUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; WILDLIFE; CARNIVORES; HEALTH
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