Infectious and endoparasitic diseases of the Amur tiger

Blood serological studies of the Amur tigers revealed antigenes or antibodies to the following pathogens: feline coronavirus (43 %), canine distemper vims (15 %), feline parvovims (68 %) and Toxoplasma gondii (62%). All tigers were negative for feline leukemia vims (FeLV) antigen and antibodies to feline immunodeficiency vims (FIV) and Bartonella henselae. Canine distemper can be really harmful to tigers. There were 9 helminth species (Toxocara cati, Thominx aerophilus, Capillaria putorii, Aelurostrongulus abstmsus, Strongulata sp., Eucoleus sp., Taenia sp., Spirometra sp., Paragonimus westermani) and one species of intestinal protozoa discovered as a result of Amur tigeris fecal analysis. The proportion of fecal samples in which pathogens and helminths were found was 72.5 %.