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Disease threats – Detailed notes

Below are links and downloadable pdf’s to information on disease threats in wild tigers.

  • Non-infectious hazards

    Algal toxins

    Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

    Conspecific trauma

    Electrocution

    Environmental pollutants - chronic effects

    Genetic diversity loss

    Gunshot wounds

    Human-tiger conflict

    Interspecific trauma

    Poaching

    Poisoning - intentional

    Snare injuries

    Snake bites

    Starvation/prey depletion

    Traffic collision - road/rail

  • Infectious disease hazards
    Bacteria

    Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

    Bartonella spp.

    Bordetella bronchiseptica

    Borrelia burgdorferi

    Campylobacter spp.

    Chlamydophila felis

    Clostridium perfringens

    Coxiella burnetti

    Ehrlichia canis

    Environmental mycobacteria/non-tuberculous mycobacteria

    Francisella tularensis

    Lepromatous mycobacteria

    Leptospira spp.

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

    Mycoplasma felis

    Mycoplasma haemofelis

    Neorickettsia helminthoeca

    Rickettsia spp.

    Salmonella spp.

    Yersinia pestis

    Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Y. enterocolitica

    Ectoparasites

    Demodex spp.

    Fleas and lice

    Notoedres cati

    Otodectes cynotis

    Sarcoptes spp.

    Ticks

    Endoparasites - Cestodes

    Diphyllobothrium spp.

    Dipylidium spp. (caninum)

    Echinococcus granulosus

    Echinococcus multilocularis

    Joyeuxiella spp.

    Mesocestoides spp.

    Spirometra spp.

    Taenia spp.

    Endoparasites - Nematodes

    Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

    Anafilaroides rostratus (syn: Oslerus)

    Ancylostoma spp.

    Angiostrongylus spp.

    Aonchotheca putorii

    Capillaria hepatica

    Dirofilaria immitis

    Dirofilaria repens

    Dracunculus spp.

    Eucoleus aerophilus

    Galoncus spp.

    Gnathostoma spinigerum

    Molineus spp.

    Oncicola canis

    Pearsonema plica

    Physaloptera praeputialis

    Spirocerca lupi

    Strongyloides spp.

    Thelazia callipaeda

    Toxascaris leonina

    Toxocara cati (mystax)

    Toxocara malaysiensis

    Trichinella spiralis

    Trichuris spp.

    Troglostrongylus spp.

    Uncinaria stenocephala

    Endoparasites - Trematodes

    Alaria alata

    Metorchis and Opisthorchis spp. (Clonorchis)

    Nanophyetus salmincola

    Paragonimus spp.

    Platynosomum fastosum

    Fungi

    Aspergillosis

    Dermatophytosis

    Prions

    Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

    Protozoa

    Babesia spp.

    Besnoitia besnoiti

    Cytauxzoon spp.

    Cryptosporidium spp. (felis or parvum)

    Giardia (intestinalis)

    Hammondia hammondi

    Hepatozoon felis

    Isospora (felis, rivolta)

    Leishmania spp.

    Neospora caninum

    Sarcocystis spp.

    Toxoplasma gondii

    Viruses

    Aleutian Disease

    Aujeszky's Disease/ Pseudorabies

    Avian influenza - HPAI

    Canine distemper virus CDV

    COVID-19

    Feline calici virus FCV

    Feline corona virus FCoV

    Feline herpes virus FHV-1

    Feline immunodeficiency virus FIV

    Feline leukaemia virus FeLV

    Feline papilloma virus

    Feline parvo virus FPV and Canine parvo virus CPV

    Hantaviruses

    Pox viruses

    Rabies virus

    West Nile virus