title: Prevalence of coronavirus antibodies in rabbits.
abstract: Antibodies to coronavirus were detected by an indirect fluorescent antibody test in rabbit sera from six rabbitries. The prevalence ranged from 3 to 40% in different rabbitries and most seropositive rabbits were more than 4 months old. A rabbitry with high prevalence of antibodies and high incidence of diarrhea could serve as a source of virus and aid in studying the natural history of coronavirus infection in rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Deeb
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: DiGiacomo
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Evermann
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Thouless
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral