Demonstration of group C rotaviruses in fecal samples of diarrheic dogs in Germany.
Three out of 9 fecal samples from diarrheic dogs, which were positive for rotavirus by electron microscopy, revealed RNA-migration patterns identical to those of porcine group C rotavirus when studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The results were further confirmed by solid phase immuno electron microscopy (SPIEM). This is the first report of the occurrence of group C rotaviruses in dogs.
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Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine, Division 4, Bacterial Epizootics and Zoonosis Control, Jena, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005858:Germany; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron / Q000379:methods; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology
D012367:RNA, Viral