title: Identification of parvovirus in the bone marrow of eight cats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if canine parvovirus (CPV) or feline panleucopenia virus (FPV) genomic sequences are present in adult feline bone marrow samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bone marrow samples were obtained from 32 semi-feral cats that were euthanased at an animal shelter. DNA was extracted and subjected to conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) designed to determine if CPV or FPV DNA was present. Positive PCR products were purified, cloned and sequenced to differentiate between CPV and FPV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight of the bone marrow samples contained parvoviral DNA (7 CPV, 1 FPV).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CPV and FPV DNA can be found in the bone marrow of healthy adult cats.
authors.affiliation: Small Animal Medicine Department, University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Hwy, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia. soph_haynes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Holloway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000821:virology*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005254:Feline Panleukopenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D028301:Feline Panleukopenia Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010321:Parvoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral