ORAL PAPILLOMATOSIS IN COYOTES (Canis latrans) AND WOLVES (Canis lupus) OF ALBERTA

1 April 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Vol. 14 (2) , 165-169
https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.2.165

Abstract

Twelve cases of oral papillomatosis were detected in wild carnivores of Alberta, 10 in coyotes (C. latrans) and 2 in wolves (C. lupus). Lesions ranged from mild with a few small papillomas to severe with much of the surface of the lips, tongue and buccal cavity covered with papillomas. Three of 5 coyotes with severe papillomatosis were in obvious poor health. The gross and histologic lesions are described and the significance of this disease in wild carnivores is discussed.

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