Canine parvovirus detected from a serval (Leptailurus serval) in South Africa

• DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1671
• Publication Date: 2019-03-25T13:15:52Z
• Authors: Almero Oosthuizen; Helene Brettschne...; Desire L. Dalton; Elizabeth C. Du P...; Raymond Jansen; Antoinette Kotze; Emily P. Mitchell
• Keywords: Canine parvovirus

Canine parvovirus first emerged in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), most likely as a variant of the feline panleucopaenia virus. Relatively recently, canine parvovirus-2a and parvovirus-2b infections have been identified both symptomatic asymptomatic cats, while also demonstrated wild felids. This report documents known case detected unvaccinated serval (Leptailurus serval) from South Africa. The presented with clinical signs vomiting, anorexia diarrhoea that responded to treatment. Two weeks later, severe leucopaenia, thrombocytopenia death occurred. Typical enteric histological lesions infection were not observed on histopathological examination small intestine; however, consistent septicaemia present. was formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded intestine using polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis sequence viral capsid protein gene showed similarities between sample isolates Argentina A dog Africa 2012 fell within same clade appears distantly related because long branch length. significance these findings is explored. More extensive surveys felids canids are needed understand epidemiology non-domestic