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Feline coronavirus participation in diarrhea of cats
M Mochizuki1, N Osawa, T Ishida
1Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Shoji Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
|October 27, 1999
Abstract:
Fecal samples were examined for viruses participated in gastrointestinal disorders of cats, especially focusing on feline coronavirus (FCoV) by a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay. It was found that a primary viral pathogen was feline panleukopenia parvovirus (FPLV; 28.5% of the positive rate) and the secondary was FCoV (10.7%). Commonly reported clinical signs of cats of which feces were FCoV-positive were vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration with an exception of one serious case with concurrent FPLV infection.