Isolation of an atypical rotavirus causing diarrhea in neonatal ferrets.
A rotavirus was isolated from neonatal ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) with diarrhea at a large commercial farm. This virus is classified as an atypical rotavirus, probably belonging to the group C rotaviruses. This classification is based on the lack of the rotavirus group A common antigen and on its distinct dsRNA electropherotype pattern in polyacrylamide gels. The diarrheal disease was reproduced experimentally in neonatal ferrets.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005289:Ferrets / Q000382:microbiology*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*