Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Isolation and identification of a canine coronavirus strain from giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).
- Journal:
- Journal of veterinary science
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Gao, Feng-Shan et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · China
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Two giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) died of unknown causes in a Chinese zoo. The clinical disease profile suggested that the pandas may have suffered a viral infection. Therefore, a series of detection including virus isolation, electron microscopy, cytobiological assay, serum neutralization and RT-PCR were used to identify the virus. It was determined that the isolated virus was a canine coronavirus (CCV), on the basis of coronavirus, neutralization by canine anti-CCV serum, and 84.3% to 100% amino acid sequence similarity with CCV. The results suggest that the affected pandas had been infected with CCV.
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