title: Canine coronavirus highly pathogenic for dogs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. c.buonavoglia@veterinaria.uniba.it
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Decaro
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elia
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campolo
authors.forename: Costantina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desario
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castagnaro
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tempesta
mesh_terms: 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