Clinical infection and death caused by bluetongue virus infection has been reported in the Eurasian lynx. Bluetongue virus surveillance in the Iberian lynx revealed widespread and repeated exposure to serotypes 1 and 4 in wild and captive populations of this species. This exposure is possibly from a spillover event from sympatric ruminants.
Keywords: Bluetongue virus; Epidemiology; Iberian ecosystems; Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus; Spain; Surveillance; viruses.