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Veterinary Medicine International
Volume 2011, Article ID 879029, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/879029
Research Article

Serological Detection of Viral Infections in Captive Wild Cats from Costa Rica

Kinndle Blanco,1 Roberto Peña,2 Carmen Hernández,3 Mauricio Jiménez,4 Luis Nazario Araya,4 Juan José Romero,4 and Gaby Dolz4

1Research Direction, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
2Cataratas de la Paz Zoo, Monterrey, Alajuela, P.O. Box 502-1000, San José, Costa Rica
3Las Pumas Rescue Center, P.O. Box 89-5700, Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
4School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 304-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica

Received 3 May 2010; Revised 29 August 2010; Accepted 8 February 2011

Academic Editor: G. F. Browning

Copyright © 2011 Kinndle Blanco et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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