Putative progressive and abortive feline leukemia virus infection outcomes in captive jaguarundis (Puma yagouaroundi)

Table 3 Clinical and necroscopic findings of five jaguarundis (Puma yagouaroundi) that died between 2005 and 2008

Animal identification	Origin	Sex	Age category at death	Clinical condition before death	Main post-mortem findings
#1	Captive born	Male	Geriatric	Clinically healthy^a	Hepatitis, pulmonary edema and emphysema, splenic lymphoid depletion, renal tubular degeneration, renal medullary fibrosis, glomerulonephritis, obesity, muscular atrophy of hind limbs
#2	Captive born	Female	Geriatric	Weight loss	Severe membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis, parasitic hemorrhagic enteritis, hepatic steatosis, cardiomyopathy
#4	Captive born	Male	Mature	Weight loss, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea	Hepatitis, pulmonary infarction, splenic hypoplasia, decreased number and size of spleen germinal centers, membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis, enteritis, adrenal necrosis
#5	Captive born	Male	Mature	Malignant lymphoma, weight loss and clinical deterioration	Hepatitis, pulmonary emphysema, splenic lymphoid depletion and follicular hypoplasia, membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis, renal tubular degeneration, severe enteritis, malignant neoplasia of round cells (intestinal B-cell lymphoma)
#10	Wild	Female	Mature	Weight loss, circulatory shock, convulsion	Severe interstitial histiocytic bronchopneumonia associated with the presence of intralesional protozoa; intense multifocal and coalescent pancreatic fibrosis
#14	Captive born	Male	Mature	Weight loss, diarrhea	Colitis, enteritis, gastritis, lymphopathy, inguinal herniation, ulcers on the tongue

^aJaguarundi #1 was recognized to be FeLV positive and shedding FeLV in its saliva; thus, the animal was euthanized while clinically healthy to prevent further spreading of FeLV infection

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