Demonstration of parvovirus in diarrhoeic African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus Schreber, 1775).
Parvovirus was demonstrated in the intestinal content of diarrhoeic African cheetahs by electron microscopy. The virus was isolated in a feline kidney cell line inoculated with a filtrate of the intestinal content. Its growth characteristics, cytopathic effect, agglutination of porcine erythrocytes, structure, and results of immunoelectron microscopic examination were indistinguishable from those of feline panleukopenia virus.
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno.
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D002612:Acinonyx / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010321:Parvoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*