Canine coronavirus highly pathogenic for dogs.
Canine coronavirus (CCoV) is usually responsible for mild, self-limiting infections restricted to the enteric tract. We report an outbreak of fatal disease in puppies caused by a pathogenic variant of CCoV that was isolated from organs with severe lesions.
Buonavoglia
Canio
C
Department of Animal Health and Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. c.buonavoglia@veterinaria.uniba.it
Decaro
Nicola
N
Martella
Vito
V
Elia
Gabriella
G
Campolo
Marco
M
Desario
Costantina
C
Castagnaro
Massimo
M
Tempesta
Maria
M
D000818:Animals; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017939:Coronavirus, Canine / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D010802:Phylogeny; D014774:Virulence