Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Canine coronavirus found in diarrheic dogs under 1 year old in Japan
By Soma, Takehisa et al.·Published in Research in veterinary science·2011·Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Detection and genotyping of canine coronavirus RNA in diarrheic dogs in Japan.
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Plain-English summary
A group of 109 dogs in Japan with diarrhea was tested for canine coronavirus (CCoV) and canine parvovirus (CPV-2). The results showed that puppies under 1 year old had a high rate of CCoV infection at 66.3%, while older dogs had much lower rates. This suggests that CCoV is a significant cause of diarrhea in young dogs. The study also found different types of CCoV present in these dogs, indicating that the virus is circulating in the area.
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Abstract
To clarify the prevalence of canine coronavirus (CCoV) infection in Japan, faecal samples from 109 dogs with diarrhoea were examined for CCoV RNA together with canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) DNA. The detection rates of CCoV and CPV-2 for dogs aged less than 1 year were 66.3% and 43.8%, while those for dogs aged 1 year or older were 6.9% and 10.3%, respectively, which were significantly different (p<0.0001 and p=0.0003, respectively), indicating not CPV-2 but CCoV is an important diarrhoea-causing organism in juvenile dogs. Among the CCoV-positive dogs, 65.5% and 72.7% showed to be positive for CCoV types I and II, respectively, and simultaneous detection rate of both types was high at 40.0%. Furthermore, transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV)-like CCoV RNA was detected from 8 dogs. These findings indicate that CCoV type I and TGEV-like CCoV are already circulating in Japan, though no reports have been presented to date.
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