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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Vol 16, Issue 4, 326-329
Copyright © 2004 by American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

Case Reports

Natural West Nile virus infection in a captive juvenile Arctic wolf (Canis lupus)

I Lanthier, M Hebert, D Tremblay, J Harel, AD Dallaire, and C Girard

Faculte de medecine veterinaire de l'Universite de Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.

A case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a captive 4-month-old Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) is described. The animal had vomiting, anorexia, and ataxia before death. Histopathology revealed multifocal severe renal lymphoplasmacytic vasculitis, mostly affecting small arterioles, with fibrinoid degeneration of some vessel walls. Many small foci of gliosis were detected in the cerebral cortex. West Nile virus was demonstrated in the kidneys and cerebrum by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction. The described renal changes represent a novel pathological finding of WNV infection.


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