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Canine Distemper Confirmed in Far Eastern Leopard, World’s Most Endangered Big Cat

By amyvangelderBlog, Conservation Papers, News, WVI CDV

17 January 2018, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released a paper, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases officially documenting the first case of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in a two-year-old,…

22nd February 2018

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illustration for canine distemper virus in a far eastern leopard

Conservation Paper | Canine Distemper Virus in a Wild Far Eastern Leopard Panthera pardus orientalis

By amyvangelderBlog, Conservation Papers, WVI CDV

A publication on CDV in a Far Eastern (Amur) leopard co-authored by our ZSL veterinarian in the Russian Far East, Mikhail Goncharuk, in Journal of Wildlife Diseases. The Far Eastern…

1st November 2017

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Dog Population Census

By amyvangelderWVI CDV, ZSL RussiaNo Comments

To understand infectious disease circulation between domestic and wild populations of carnivores – biological material sampling is not enough. For good epidemiological study, it is also necessary to collect detailed...

7th February 2014

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Canine distemper virus: an emerging disease in wild endangered Amur tigers

By estherconwayConservation Papers, WVI CDV

Abstract Fewer than 500 Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) remain in the wild. Due to low numbers and their solitary and reclusive nature, tiger sightings across their range in the...

25th August 2013

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Pathogen evolution and disease emergence in carnivores

By estherconwayConservation Papers, WVI CDV

Abstract Emerging infectious diseases constitute some of the most pressing problems for both human and domestic animal health, and biodiversity conservation. Currently it is not clear whether the removal of...

25th December 2007

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