Report of the first case of canine distemper in bush fox

  • Gabriel Sebastián Acevedo Universidad Complutense Madrid. ( Becario)
  • Ewerton Luiz de Lima Investigador Independiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet202123105

Keywords:

Cerdocyon thous, distemper, Puerto Iguazú, Argentine Republic

Abstract

The bush fox (Cerdocyon thous) is a wild canid that is present in the province of Misiones. Like many other species in the order of the carnivores, foxes are susceptible to the Canine Distemper Virus (CDV).  The objective of this work is to communicate and describe the first CDV case in a free-living bush fox (C. thous), found in a peri-urban area of the city of Puerto Iguazú.

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Author Biographies

Gabriel Sebastián Acevedo, Universidad Complutense Madrid. ( Becario)

Médico Veterinario, graduado en la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de General Pico (UNLPam). Médico Veterinario a cargo del Hospital del Centro de rescate, liberación y cría de animales silvestres “Güirá oga” periodo 2018/2020. Actualmente residiendo en la Ciudad de Madrid realizando la tecnicatura en Centros de Recuperación, reproducción y liberación de Fauna Silvestre (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Ewerton Luiz de Lima, Investigador Independiente

Veterinario, graduado en la Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste – UNICENTRO. Veterinario a cargo del Hospital del Centro de rescate, liberación y cría de animales silvestres “Güirá oga” periodo 2018/2019. Actualmente Veterinario en Clínica de animales exóticos FaunaVet en Foz do Iguaçu – Brasil.

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Published

2021-03-30

How to Cite

Acevedo, G. S., & de Lima, E. L. (2021). Report of the first case of canine distemper in bush fox. Ciencia Veterinaria, 23(1), 47–57. https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet202123105

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