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Cowpox in zoo and wild animals in the United Kingdom.J Comp Pathol. July 2023;204(0):39 - 46.1 School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Chester High Road, Neston, Liverpool CH64 7TE, UK.; 2 International Zoo Veterinary Group, Station House, Parkwood Street, Keighley BD21 4NQ, UK.; 3 Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937 Munich, Germany.; 4 International Zoo Veterinary Group, Station House, Parkwood Street, Keighley BD21 4NQ, UK.; 5 Chester Zoo, Upton-by-Chester, Chester CH2 1EU, UK.; 6 Chester Zoo, Upton-by-Chester, Chester CH2 1EU, UK.; 7 School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Chester High Road, Neston, Liverpool CH64 7TE, UK.; 8 Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937 Munich, Germany.; 9 Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937 Munich, Germany.; 10 Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Science (IVES), University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston CH64 7TE, UK. Electronic address: chantrey@liv.ac.uk.
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AbstractCowpox virus is considered to be a re-emerging zoonotic pathogen and a public health threat due to increasing numbers of cases in humans and animals in Europe over the past decade, including within the United Kingdom (UK). We present epidemiological data and diagnostic features of 27 recent, naturally occurring cowpox cases in zoo and wild animals across the UK, including the first reports of cowpox in two snow leopards (Panthera uncia), a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), three Chilean pudus (Pudu puda), a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) and a Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), and the first reports of Orthopoxvirus infection in a lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), a Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) and an aardvark (Orycteropus afer). This study provides a detailed overview of cowpox infections in a wide range of non-domestic animal species, presents a range of methods for diagnosis and demonstrates the value of retrospective analysis of pathology surveillance in revealing epidemiological links.
Keywords
Orthopoxvirus;
cowpox;
cowpox virus;
wild animals;
zoo animals;
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