Spencer, J.A.Bingham, J.Heath, R.Richards, B.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2012-10-152012-10-1520121999Spencer, JA, Bingham, J, Heath, R & Richards, B 1999, 'Presence of antibodies to canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus and canine adenovirus type 1 in free-ranging jackals ( Canis adustus and Canis mesomelas) in Zimbabwe’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 251-253.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20153The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.A survey of free-ranging jackals (Canis adustus and Canis mesomelas) in Zimbabwe was conducted to determine the prevalence of serum antibodies to canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV) and canine adenovirus type 1 (CAV-1). Sera from 16 Canis adustus and 22 Canis mesomelas were collected from 1990 to 1993 from various regions of Zimbabwe and assayed by means of immunofluorescent techniques. Seroprevalence in C. adustus and C. mesomelas respectively were 50% and 63,6% for CDV, 12,5% and 18,2% for CPV and 37,5 and 9,1 for CAV-1. These results demonstrate that jackals are infected with these viruses and may act as reservoirs of them, although their susceptibility to the viruses is not known.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineCanine adenovirus type 1Canine distemper virusCanine parvovirus (CPV)Canis adustusCanis mesomelasSerological surveyZimbabweJackalVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaDogs -- Virus diseasesCanine parvovirus infectionsArticle