Sequential circulation of canine adenoviruses 1 and 2 in captive wild carnivores, France.

•Two canine adenoviruses (CAdVs) were found to circulate sequentially in captive wild carnivores in France.•CAdV-1 caused the death of a Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) with gross lesions and histopathological changes compatible with infectious canine hepatitis.•CAdV-2 was subsequently found to circulate subclinically in other carnivores of the same zoological park.•Analysis of the full-length genome of the wolf CAdV-1 strain showed a high genetic relatedness with an Italian strain detected in the same species.•Future studies are needed to assess the CAdV ecology in endangered wild carnivores.