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Borna disease in a free-ranging lynx (Lynx lynx)
M P Degiorgis1, A L Berg, C Hârd Af Segerstad
1Department of Wildlife, National Veterinary Institute, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 2, 2000
Abstract:
A free-ranging lynx (Lynx lynx) was shot because of its abnormal behavior. Histopathological examination revealed a nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis. In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and reverse transcriptase PCR analysis showed the presence of Borna disease virus infection in the brain. To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed case of Borna disease in a large felid.