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9 January 2020 DETECTION OF SKUNK ADENOVIRUS 1 IN TWO NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES (ERETHIZON DORSATUM) WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Sarah Balik, Elizabeth Bunting, Edward Dubovi, Randall Renshaw, Sara Childs-Sanford
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Abstract

Adenoviruses have been reported to affect a broad range of host species, tend to be species specific, and often affect the respiratory system. This report describes the isolation of an adenovirus from deep nasal swabs of two wild North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) with respiratory diseases that presented to a wildlife hospital. Partial sequences of the deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase gene of the isolated virus were identical to skunk adenovirus (SkAdV-1), also known as pygmy marmoset adenovirus. Both porcupines survived and were released back to the wild after successful medical treatment and rehabilitation. The significance of the adenovirus isolated from these porcupines is unknown; however, this is the first report of an adenovirus in porcupines, and the first report of SkAdV-1 in a rodent.

Copyright 2019 by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Sarah Balik, Elizabeth Bunting, Edward Dubovi, Randall Renshaw, and Sara Childs-Sanford "DETECTION OF SKUNK ADENOVIRUS 1 IN TWO NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES (ERETHIZON DORSATUM) WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 50(4), 1012-1015, (9 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.1638/2019-0063
Accepted: 9 September 2019; Published: 9 January 2020
KEYWORDS
Adenovirus
Erethizon dorsatum
porcupine
respiratory
skunk
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