Abstract：
Parvoviruses are among the major animal pathogens that can cause considerable health disorders ranging from subclinical to lethal in domestic and wild animals. Golden jackal (Canis aureus), an expanding European species, is a reservoir of many pathogens, including vector-borne diseases and zoonoses. Given the importance of parvovirus infections in dogs and cats, this study aimed to unfold the virus prevalence and molecular characterisation in the golden jackal population in Serbia. The spleen samples from 68 hunted jackals during 2022/2023 were tested for the VP2-specific genome region of Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1 by PCR. BLAST analysis of partial VP2 sequences obtained from three animals (4.4%) revealed the highest similarity to Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1, genogroup Feline panleukopenia virus, which is the second report on FPV infection in jackals. Based on specific amino acid residues within partial VP2, the jackals\' Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1 was also classified as FPV. One jackal\'s strain showed two synonymous mutations at positions 699 and 1167. Although species cross-transmission could not be established, jackals\' health should be maintained by preventing the transmission of viruses to native species and vice versa. Although jackals are considered pests, their role as natural cleaners is of greater importance. Therefore, further monitoring of their health is needed to understand the influence of infectious diseases on population dynamics and to determine the relationship between domestic predators and jackals and the direction of cross-species transmission.
摘要：
细小病毒是主要的动物病原体之一，可以在家畜和野生动物中引起从亚临床到致命的健康疾病。金狼（金黄色犬），不断扩大的欧洲物种，是许多病原体的储存库，包括媒介传播的疾病和人畜共患疾病。鉴于细小病毒感染在狗和猫中的重要性，本研究旨在揭示塞尔维亚金狼种群的病毒流行率和分子特征.通过PCR测试了2022/2023年来自68只狩猎的jack狼的脾脏样品的食肉原病毒1的VP2特异性基因组区域。从三只动物（4.4％）获得的部分VP2序列的BLAST分析显示，与食肉原病毒1，基因组猫泛白细胞减少症病毒的相似性最高，这是第二次报告的FPV感染在jack狼。根据部分VP2中的特定氨基酸残基，jack狼原病毒肉食1也被归类为FPV。一只jack狼的菌株在699和1167位显示出两个同义突变。尽管无法建立物种交叉传播，应该通过防止病毒传播给本地物种来维持jack狼的健康，反之亦然。虽然狼被认为是害虫，它们作为天然清洁剂的作用更为重要。因此,需要进一步监测他们的健康状况，以了解传染病对种群动态的影响，并确定国内捕食者和jack狼之间的关系以及跨物种传播的方向。
