Canine parvovirus detected from a serval (Leptailurus serval) in South Africa
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Canine parvovirus detected from a serval (Leptailurus serval) in South Africa | |
| Creator | Oosthuizen, Almero Brettschneider, Helene Dalton, Desire L. du Plessis, Elizabeth C. Jansen, Raymond Kotze, Antoinette Mitchell, Emily P. | |
| Description | Canine parvovirus first emerged in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), most likely as a variant of the feline panleucopaenia virus. Relatively recently, canine parvovirus-2a and canine parvovirus-2b infections have been identified in both symptomatic and asymptomatic domestic cats, while canine parvovirus infections have also been demonstrated in wild felids. This report documents the first known case of canine parvovirus-2b detected in unvaccinated serval (Leptailurus serval) from South Africa. The serval presented with clinical signs of vomiting, anorexia and diarrhoea that responded to symptomatic treatment. Two weeks later, severe leucopaenia, thrombocytopenia and death occurred. Typical enteric histological lesions of parvovirus infection were not observed on histopathological examination of the small intestine; however, histological lesions consistent with septicaemia were present. Canine parvovirus was detected in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded small intestine using polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequence of the canine parvovirus viral capsid protein gene showed similarities between the sample from the serval and canine parvovirus-2b isolates from domestic dogs in Argentina and South Africa. A case of canine parvovirus-2b in a domestic dog from South Africa in 2012 that fell within the same clade as the serval sample appears distantly related because of the long branch length. The significance of these findings is explored. More extensive surveys of canine parvovirus in domestic and wild felids and canids are needed to understand the epidemiology of canine parvovirus in non-domestic felids in South Africa. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-03-25 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1671 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 90 (2019); 6 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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