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Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019
Research

Multiple Introductions of Domestic Cat Feline Leukemia Virus in Endangered Florida Panthers1

Elliott S. Chiu, Simona Kraberger, Mark Cunningham, Lara Cusack, Melody Roelke, and Sue VandeWoudeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (E.S. Chiu, S. Kraberger, S. VandeWoude); Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, Florida, USA (M. Cunningham, L. Cusack); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (M. Roelke)

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Table 1

Characteristics for Florida panthers tested for FeLV and virus genomes sequenced*

Field sample ID Laboratory sample ID Host species Collection date State Full genome Partial regions (LTR-gag, gag, and env) GenBank accession nos.
FP115 x1755 Puma concolor coryi 2002 Nov 26 FL No Yes MG020270–2
FP122 x1948 P. concolor coryi 2004 Jan 30 FL Yes Yes MF681672
FP132 x1955 P. concolor coryi 2004 Mar 17 FL No Yes (3,688–8,396 nt) MG020273
UCFP149 x2004 P. concolor coryi 2013 Dec 10 FL Yes Yes MF681665
x2004R1† Yes Yes MF681666
UCFP228 x2271 P. concolor coryi 2014 Dec 28 FL No Yes MF681676–678
UCFP231 x2270 P. concolor coryi 2015 Jan 20 FL Yes Yes MF681667
UCFP241 x2272 P. concolor coryi 2015 Apr 30 FL Yes Yes MF681668 and MF681671 (FeLV-B)
UCFP269 x2274 P. concolor coryi 2016 Feb 18 FL No Yes MF681679–682, 2 env genotypes from 1 sample
UCFP275 x2273 P. concolor coryi 2016 Apr 6 FL Yes Yes MF681669
517278 x1608 Felis catus 2011 Nov 10 FL No Yes MF681673–675
517453 x1613 F. catus 2011 Nov 10 FL Yes Yes MF681664
BDX387 x2512 F. catus 2015 Jul 3 MD Yes Yes MF681670
x2653 F. catus 2018 Jan 6 FL Yes Yes MH116004
x2655 F. catus 2018 Jan 31 FL Yes Yes MH116005

*FeLV, feline leukemia virus; FP, Florida panther; ID, identification; UCFP, uncollared FP.
†Recaptured puma.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, June 24–27, 2017, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

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