Incidence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus in wild felines living in captivity at a nature reserve in Central Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Orro, Toomas (juhendaja) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hietaranta, Iina-Maria Henrietta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-17T06:53:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-17T06:53:36Z | |
| dc.date.defensed | 2023-06-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Final Thesis Curriculum in Veterinary Medicine | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are among the most prevalent viral infections in domestic cats and they are both capable of causing serious harm to the health of the infected animals. These viruses have also been found to infect and cause disease in wild felids. Point of care (POC) tests for detecting FeLV antigen and FIV antibody are the most widely available tests for screening for these viruses and regular screening of domestic cats is recommended. This study aimed to find out the incidence of FeLV and FIV in caracals (Caracal caracal), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), leopards (Panthera pardus) and lions (Panthera leo) living at a nature reserve by looking into the test results obtained from point of care tests for FeLV and FIV performed between the years of 2016-2022. The study found that three cheetahs out of the 54 animals in this study tested positive for FeLV, and no animals tested positive for FIV. This study result proves that FeLV is present in the study population and attention should be paid to the efficiency of the testing regime to ensure that the spread of the virus can be controlled, and the health of the infected animals is monitored sufficiently. | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | Kasside leukeemiaviirus (FeLV) ja kasside immuunpuudulikkuse viirus (FIV) on kodukassidel ühed levinumad viirusnakkused ning mõlemad viirused põhjustavad tõsist kahju nakatunud loomade tervisele. Samuti on leitud, et need viirused nakatavad ja põhjustavad metsikute kasside haigustumist. Poin-fo-care (POC) testid FeLV antigeeni ja FIV antikehade tuvastamiseks on nende viiruste sõeluuringuks kõige laiemalt kättesaadavad testid ning soovitatav on kodukasside regulaarne testimine viiruste nakkuse avastamiseks. Selle uuringu eesmärk oli välja selgitada FeLV ja FIV esinemist looduskaitsealal elavatel karakalitel (Caracal caracal), gepardidel (Acinonyx jubatus), leopardidel (Panthera pardus) ja lõvidel (Panthera leo) aastatel 2016-2022 tehtud testide alusel. Uuring näitas, et kolmel gepardil kokku 54 uuritud loomast oli FeLV-i test positiivne ja ühelgi loomal polnud FIV-i test positiivne. Uuringutulemus viitab FeLV esinemisele uuringupopulatsioonis ja tähelepanu tuleks pöörata testimise tõhususele, et viiruse levikut oleks võimalik kontrollida ja nakatunud loomade tervist jälgida. | est |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10492/8158 | |
| dc.publisher | Eesti Maaülikool | est |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | eng |
| dc.subject | magistritööd | est |
| dc.subject | master thesis | eng |
| dc.subject | FeLV | eng |
| dc.subject | FIV | eng |
| dc.subject | incidence | eng |
| dc.title | Incidence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus in wild felines living in captivity at a nature reserve in Central Africa | eng |
| dc.title.alternative | Kasside leukeemiaviiruse ja immuunpuudulikkuse viiruse esinemine Kesk-Aafrika looduskaitsealal vangistuses elavatel metsikutel kasslastel | est |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis | eng |
| rioxxterms.freetoread.startdate | 08.09.2023 |