Coliform septicemia and pulmonary disease associated with canine parvoviral enteritis: 88 cases (1987-1988).
Parvovirus infection was confirmed by fluorescent antibody staining or viral culturing in 137 (22%) of 615 necropsy accessions from dogs at the Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory from Jan 1, 1987 through Sept 30, 1988. Septicemic colibacillosis was diagnosed in 88 (90%) of the 98 canine parvovirus-positive accessions in which liver or lung was cultured bacteriologically. Pulmonary edema or alveolitis similar to that seen in the human adult respiratory distress syndrome was observed in 63 (69%) of the 91 canine parvovirus-positive accessions in which the lungs were examined histologically.
Turk
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Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia 65205.
Miller
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M
Brown
T
T
Fales
W
W
Fischer
J
J
Gosser
H
H
Nelson
S
S
Shaw
D
D
Solorzano
R
R
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*