Prevalence of red panda amdoparvovirus infection in European zoos

Urška Kuhar, Oldřich Tomášek, Endre Sós, Jana Mede, Marjan Kastelic, Nuša Jež, Michaela Petrikova, Trine Hammer Jensen, Charles Everett Alex, Urška Jamnikar-Ciglenecki, Pavel Kvapil*

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Abstract

Red panda amdoparvovirus (RPAV) was first described in captive red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) at a zoo in the United States in 2018. Subsequently, the prevalence of infection in zoos in the United States was reported to be 50%; however, RPAV prevalence outside the United States remains unstudied. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of RPAV in 134 red pandas from zoos in Europe. Overall, RPAV was detected with PCR in 21 of 62 zoos (33.9%), and the virus prevalence among individuals was estimated to be 24.2% (95% confidence interval, 17.4%–32.0%). Remarkably, adult females tested positive for RPAV more frequently than adult males. Zoos where RPAV was detected reported a significantly higher occurrence of alopecia (and clinical signs in general), whereas other commonly reported problems (fecal disorders and dental disease) showed no difference. A repeated pooled sampling of two positive individuals further showed that RPAV excretion in feces is intermittent, with the viral DNA being only detected on 8 out of 14 sampling days. The intermittent nature of excretion implies that RPAV prevalence may be higher than the estimated value.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer1276248
TidsskriftFrontiers in Veterinary Science
Vol/bind10
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Copyright © 2023 Kuhar, Tomášek, Sós, Mede, Kastelic, Jež, Petrikova, Jensen, Alex, Jamnikar-Ciglenecki and Kvapil.

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