Table 1. Results of testing for Protoparvovirus carnivoran1 viruses in wild animals, Abruzzo and Molise regions, Italy, January 2022–May 2023*.
| Animal species | No. animals tested | No. animals positive |
Total no. (%) samples positive, tissue type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPV | CPV-2a | CPV-2b | CPV-2c | |||
| Wolf (Canis lupus) | 44 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 30 (68.2), I = 27, S = 3 |
| Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 (46.2), I = 12 |
| European badger (Meles meles) | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (46.7), I = 6, MLN = 1 |
| Stone martens (Martes foina) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (50), I = 1 |
| Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100), I = 1 |
| Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (100), MLN = 1 |
| Total | 89 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 52 (58.4), I = 47, S = 3, MLN = 2 |
*CPV, canine parvovirus; FPV, feline panleukopenia virus; I, intestine; MLN, mesenteric lymph node; S, spleen.