Land transformation, including urbanization, is a dominant form of anthropogenic change to
the global environment at the dawn of the Anthropocene epoch. More and more species are …

Predator–prey interactions present heightened opportunities for pathogen spillover, as
predators are at risk of exposure to infectious agents harbored by prey. Epizootics with high …

Cross-species transmission events were commonplace, with numerous cases of host-
switching during the viral evolutionary history, but relatively little evidence for onward …

OBJECTIVE To identify associations between microbes and host genes in cats with feline
chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS), a debilitating inflammatory oral mucosal disease with no …

Anellovirus infections are highly prevalent in mammals, however, prior to this study only a
handful of anellovirus genomes had been identified in members of the Felidae family. Here …

Background Predator‒prey interactions and their dynamic changes provide frequent
opportunities for viruses to spread among organisms and thus affect their virus diversity …

While feline leukemia virus (FeLV) has been shown to infect felid species other than the
endemic domestic cat host, differences in FeLV susceptibility among species has not been …

Canine parvovirus (CPV-2) and feline parvovirus (FPV) cause severe hemorrhagic diarrhea
disease in dogs, cats, and fur-bearing and wildlife carnivores worldwide, continuing to pose …

Previously, a high prevalence of piroplasms has been reported from Florida pumas (Puma
concolor coryi) from southern Florida. In the current study, we describe the biological …

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a gammaretrovirus with horizontally transmitted and
endogenous forms. Domestic cats are the primary reservoir species, but FeLV outbreaks in …