Yong-Gu Yeo, Hye-Ryung Kim, Jonghyun Park, Jong-Min Kim, Yeun-Kyung Shin, Kyoung-Ki Lee, Oh-Kyu Kwon, Hye-Young Jeoung, Hae-Eun Kang, Bok-Kyung Ku, Seung-Chun Park, Oh-Deog Kwon, Choi-Kyu Park
Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), a member of the species Protoparvovirus carnivoran1 , is one of the most fatal pathogens of domestic and wild carnivores. The virus endemically infects domestic carnivores worldwide and its cross-species transmission threatens endangered wild carnivores, including Siberian tigers. In this study, a fatal FPV infection in endangered Siberian tigers was investigated to trace the origin of the virus and elucidate the reason behind FPV's infection of the vaccinated tigers. Our genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the virus detected in the infected tigers, designated as the KTPV-2305 strain, was closely related to FPV strains circulating in Korean cats, suggesting that it might have been transmitted from stray cats wandering around the zoo...
September 21, 2023: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI