Canine Distemper Outbreak by Natural Infection in a Group of Vaccinated Maned Wolves in Captivity.

ABSTRACT: Canine distemper virus (CDV) is one of the most significantinfectious disease threats to the health and conservation of free-ranging and captive wild carnivores. CDV vaccination using recombinant canarypox-based vaccines has been recommended for maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) after the failure of modified live vaccines that induced disease in vaccinated animals. Here, we report a CDV outbreak in a captive population of maned wolves that were previously vaccinated. Five juveniles and one adult from a group of seven maned wolves housed in an outdoor exhibit died in April-May 2013 in a zoo in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. Clinical signs ranged from lethargy to digestive and respiratory signs. Diagnosis of CDV was confirmed by histopathology, antibody assays, and viral molecular detectio

SUBMITTER: Vergara-Wilson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7827803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature