Detection and genetic characterization of canine parvoviruses and coronaviruses in southern Ireland.
Canine parvovirus (CPV) and canine coronavirus (CCoV) are considered the main pathogens responsible for acute gastroenteritis in dogs. From a collection of 250 samples, seven CPV strains and three CCoV strains were identified in symptomatic Irish dogs. Samples were screened for the viruses using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and typed via DNA sequence analysis. Three CPV strains were characterized as CPV-2a, while four others were characterized as CPV-2b. To date, CPV-2c remains unreported in Ireland. Two CCoV strains were characterized as CCoV-II and one as CCoV-I. In the case of one sample, PH4/09/Ire, a mixed infection with CPV and CCoV was detected.
Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
Susan
S
McElligott
P J
PJ
Collins
Roy D
RD
Sleator
Vito
V
Martella
Nicola
N
Decaro
Canio
C
Buonavoglia
Helen
H
O'Shea
D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017939:Coronavirus, Canine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D007494:Ireland; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017993:Parvovirus, Canine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012367:RNA, Viral