TY - JOUR AU - Filoni, Claudia AU - Helfer-Hungerbuehler, A. Katrin AU - Catão-Dias, José Luiz AU - Marques, Mara Cristina AU - Torres, Luciana Neves AU - Reinacher, Manfred AU - Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/17 TI - Putative progressive and abortive feline leukemia virus infection outcomes in captive jaguarundis (Puma yagouaroundi) JO - Virology Journal SP - 226 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is an exogenous gammaretrovirus of domestic cats (Felis catus) and some wild felids. The outcomes of FeLV infection in domestic cats vary according to host susceptibility, virus strain, and infectious challenge dose. Jaguarundis (Puma yagouaroundi) are small wild felids from South and Central America. We previously reported on FeLV infections in jaguarundis. We hypothesized here that the outcomes of FeLV infection in P. yagouaroundi mimic those observed in domestic cats. The aim of this study was to investigate the population of jaguarundis at Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo for natural FeLV infection and resulting outcomes. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0889-z DO - 10.1186/s12985-017-0889-z ID - Filoni2017 ER -