TY - JOUR
T1 - Serosurvey of viral pathogens in free-ranging dog populations in the high altitude Trans-Himalayan region
AU - Home, Chandrima
AU - Bijoor, Ajay
AU - Bhatnagar, Yash Veer
AU - Vanak, Abi Tamim
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding PIn ternational Foundation for Science 縀IFS 缀 Grant to CH 縀D 爃氃缀 and National Research Foundation of South Africa 縀Grant Number 缀 to ATV?
Funding Information:
cknowledgements P This study was financially supported by the International Foundation for Science grant 縀D 氃爃缀 to CH 唀 and in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa 縀Grant Number 缀 to ATV堀 AB thanks the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and Leonard X Bosack and Bette M Kruger Charitable Foundation for providing the financial support for the sterilization camps 堀 We thank Tanzin Thinley 唀 Kalzang Gurmet 唀 Kesang Chunit 唀 Tanzin Thuktan 唀 Rinchen Tobge 唀 Dorje Chudim 唀 Tanzin Sherup and Takpa Tanzin for their support and help in data collection 嘀 the Animal Husbandry Department 唀 Kaza 唀 Dharamsala Animal Rescue 縀DAR 缀 and Tibet Charitable Trust who were involved in the conducting the sterilization camps 嘀 Dr堀 Rohit Guleria 縀AH 缃唀 Dr堀 Anuradha 縀AH 缃唀 Dr堀 Takpa Tanzin 縀DAR 缃唀 and Dr堀 Nyzil Massey 縀DAR 缀 who led the sterilization camps 嘀 the Pradhans of Kaza and Rangrik Panchayat who helped mobilize the people for the sterilization program 嘀 Dr堀 Maria Thaker for providing laboratory space for analysis of serum samples 嘀 and Dr堀 Aniruddha Belsare for providing useful comments on the manuscript ?
Funding Information:
This study was financially supported by the International Foundation for Science grant (D/5325-1) to CH, and in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant Number 103659) to ATV. AB thanks the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and Leonard X Bosack and Bette M Kruger Charitable Foundation for providing the financial support for the sterilization camps. We thank Tanzin Thinley, Kalzang Gurmet, Kesang Chunit, Tanzin Thuktan, Rinchen Tobge, Dorje Chudim, Tanzin Sherup and Takpa Tanzin for their support and help in data collection; the Animal Husbandry Department, Kaza, Dharamsala Animal Rescue (DAR) and Tibet Charitable Trust who were involved in the conducting the sterilization camps; Dr. Rohit Guleria (AH), Dr. Anuradha (AH), Dr. Takpa Tanzin (DAR), and Dr. Nyzil Massey (DAR) who led the sterilization camps; the Pradhans of Kaza and Rangrik Panchayat who helped mobilize the people for the sterilization program; Dr. Maria Thaker for providing laboratory space for analysis of serum samples; and Dr. Aniruddha Belsare for providing useful comments on the manuscript.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Dogs, as reservoir hosts, have been implicated in the decline of carnivore populations across the globe. We conducted a serosurvey of free-ranging dog populations to assess the population level exposure rates to three viral pathogens, canine parvovirus (CPV), canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine adenovirus (CAV) in a Trans-Himalayan landscape in India that is home to the endangered Snow Leopard. A total of 97 dogs were sampled across six villages as a part of a surgical sterilization campaign during the study period. Samples were tested for IgG antibodies using a table top ELISA kit. Exposure rates to the three viral pathogens in the dog populations was high; 100% for CPV, 54% for CDV and 66% for CAV, with high positive immunoglobulin titer values for CAV and CPV, and low to moderate values for CDV. Overall conservation efforts for native carnivores need to address the role of free-ranging domestic dogs in disease transmission.
AB - Dogs, as reservoir hosts, have been implicated in the decline of carnivore populations across the globe. We conducted a serosurvey of free-ranging dog populations to assess the population level exposure rates to three viral pathogens, canine parvovirus (CPV), canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine adenovirus (CAV) in a Trans-Himalayan landscape in India that is home to the endangered Snow Leopard. A total of 97 dogs were sampled across six villages as a part of a surgical sterilization campaign during the study period. Samples were tested for IgG antibodies using a table top ELISA kit. Exposure rates to the three viral pathogens in the dog populations was high; 100% for CPV, 54% for CDV and 66% for CAV, with high positive immunoglobulin titer values for CAV and CPV, and low to moderate values for CDV. Overall conservation efforts for native carnivores need to address the role of free-ranging domestic dogs in disease transmission.
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U2 - 10.11609/jott.7203.14.5.21025-21031
DO - 10.11609/jott.7203.14.5.21025-21031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131309411
SN - 0974-7893
VL - 14
SP - 21025
EP - 21031
JO - Journal of Threatened Taxa
JF - Journal of Threatened Taxa
IS - 5
ER -