asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus

Keighley - UPI

Asian tigers are facing a potentially deadly threat from a virus carried by domestic dogs, a wildlife expert with a British organization has warned. John Lewis, director of Wildlife Vets International, said there was evidence that Indonesian tigers were at risk from canine distemper virus, which has evolved in recent decades into a form that can infect other animals groups. \"If you wind the clock back about 30 or 40 years, it was a dog disease -- it was a canine virus and only affected dogs,\" Lewis told the BBC. \"But in the intervening years, the virus has evolved and has changed its pattern of animals it can infect to include marine mammals (such as seals) and big cats.\" The first case of the disease affecting wild big cats was documented close to two decades ago, he said. \"In the mid-1990s, in the Serengeti, Africa, about 30 percent of the lions died from CDV, which came from dogs in surrounding villages. \"It has [now] also been recognized in the Asian big cat populations,\" he said. Lewis said conversations with local wildlife vets on his recent visit to Sumatra seemed to indicate CDV could already be present in the population of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. \"The big threats facing tigers are habitat loss and degradation and poaching, but I think the third big threat now is likely to be disease, particularly one like CDV.\"

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus

 



GMT 14:55 2017 Thursday ,08 June

UAE Weather: Temperature may near 49°C today

GMT 08:44 2017 Saturday ,25 November

UAE weather: Temperatures dip to 6.9 °C

GMT 23:29 2017 Tuesday ,07 November

Al Tawosi is not angry for losing Throne

GMT 15:09 2017 Tuesday ,21 March

OECD: New Zealand's 'green' image under threat

GMT 07:26 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Mai Omar happy for participating with Adel Emam

GMT 23:38 2017 Friday ,26 May

Mai Al-Khalili creates new

GMT 20:53 2017 Thursday ,09 November

Profits edge up for 21st Century Fox

GMT 05:32 2016 Sunday ,08 May

English Premier League results

GMT 16:52 2016 Wednesday ,25 May

Shoukry hails Canada's efforts in regional issues

GMT 12:49 2012 Wednesday ,11 January

Bangalore university to start course

GMT 11:32 2012 Saturday ,03 November

\'Militia attack\' kills 13 in Sudan\'s Darfur

GMT 03:16 2011 Friday ,14 October

All preserved as they were arranged 200 years ago

GMT 16:46 2013 Wednesday ,10 April

Inge Sempre debuts her Vapeur Motif Lamps
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice