Potential Pathogens Reported in Species of the Family Viverridae and Their Implications for Human and Animal Health

Wicker, L. V.; Canfield, P. J.; Higgins, D. P.

Knowledge of the significance of isolation of an organism for animal health builds on the baseline information provided by a simple inventory of organisms for the species. Observation of clinical signs in infected individuals contributes to our understanding of pathogenicity. Detailed descriptions of clinical signs seen in viverrids were included in a small number of reports, including an investigation into morbidity or mortality in Viverridae (Roberton et al., 2006) , and the documentation of experimental infection of viverrids with SARS CoV (Wu et al., 2005) . However, most (Chen, 1959; Dissanaike and Paramananthan, 1961; Sachs et al., 1986; Gang et al., 1999; Aka et al., 2009; Colon and Patton, 2013; Su et al., 2013) Z, zoonotic potential acknowledged; M, platyhelminth affects multiple hosts other than Viverridae. (Hoogstraal and Trapido, 1966; Hoogstraal, 1971; Tanskul et al., 1983; Tolosa and Regassa, 2007; Mediannikov et al., 2012) Rhipicephalus (Hoogstraal and Wassef, 1985; Hoogstraal et al., 1986) Family (Stabler and Self, 1967; Krishnasamy et al., 1981) Z, zoonotic potential acknowledged; M, arthropod affects multiple hosts other than Viverridae.