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Farming activity increases wolf exposure to canine viruses

Wildlife inhabiting human-dominated landscapes is at risk of pathogen spill-over from domestic species. With the aim of gaining knowledge in the dynamics of viral infections in Iberian wolves living in anthropized landscapes of northern Spain, samples of wolves were analysed by serology and polymerase chain reactionfor exposure to four pathogenic canine viruses. Results suggest that rural dogs might be the origin of canine parvovirus-2 infecting wolves.