Feline coronavirus participation in diarrhea of cats.
Fecal samples were examined for viruses participated in gastrointestinal disorders of cats, especially focusing on feline coronavirus (FCoV) by a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay. It was found that a primary viral pathogen was feline panleukopenia parvovirus (FPLV; 28.5% of the positive rate) and the secondary was FCoV (10.7%). Commonly reported clinical signs of cats of which feces were FCoV-positive were vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration with an exception of one serious case with concurrent FPLV infection.
Mochizuki
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Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Shoji Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Osawa
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Ishida
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005254:Feline Panleukopenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D028301:Feline Panleukopenia Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004279:DNA, Viral