Characterization of Regionally Associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in Bobcats (Lynx rufus)

@inproceedings{Lagana2013CharacterizationOR,
  title={Characterization of Regionally Associated Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) in Bobcats (Lynx rufus)},
  author={Daniel Lagana and JUSTIN S. Lee and Jesse S. Lewis and Sarah N. Bevins and Scott Carver and Linda L. Sweanor and Roy T. McBride and Caleb McBride and Kevin R. Crooks and Sue Vandewoude},
  booktitle={Journal of Wildlife Diseases},
  year={2013},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12564307}
}
Evaluated FIV from bobcats in Florida and Colorado between 2008 and 2011 and found partial viral sequences from five Florida bobcats cluster with previously published sequences from Florida panthers, but did not detect FIV in Colorado bobcats.
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