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An eight-year survey for canine distemper virus indicates lack of exposure in the endangered darwin’s fox (Lycalopex fulvipes)

  • Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso*
  • , Javier Cabello
  • , Consuelo Vega
  • , Hedy Kroeger-Gómez
  • , Dario Moreira-Arce
  • , Constanza Napolitano
  • , Carlos Navarro
  • , Irene Sacristán
  • , Aitor Cevidanes
  • , Sophia Di Cataldo
  • , Edward J. Dubovi
  • , Christian Mathieu-Benson
  • , Javier Millán
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Conservation and Research Department
  • Patagonia Campus
  • Chiloé Silvestre Center for the Conservation of Biodiversity
  • Universidad Mayor
  • Universidad de Concepción
  • Universidad de Chile
  • Universidad de Los Lagos
  • Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Cornell University
  • Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero

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Abstract

No evidence of exposure to canine distemper virus (CDV) was detected in 70 samples corresponding to 58 wild-trapped Dar-win’s foxes (Lycalopex fulvipes) in Chile. Given its current endangered status and it being immuno-logically naïve, in the event of a CDV spillover from dogs to foxes, high population mortality is expected.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)482-485
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Wildlife Disease Association 2020.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology

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