Characterisation of a potentially abortigenic strain of feline calicivirusisolated from a domestic cat

Authors
van Vuuren, M Geissler, K Gerber, D Nothling, JO Truyen, U
Citation
M. Van Vuuren et al., Characterisation of a potentially abortigenic strain of feline calicivirusisolated from a domestic cat, VET REC, 144(23), 1999, pp. 636-638
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
VETERINARY RECORD
ISSN journal
00424900 → ACNP
Volume
144
Issue
23
Year of publication
1999
Pages
636 - 638
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-4900(19990605)144:23<636:COAPAS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Feline calicivirus (FCV) was isolated from one of four dead fetuses deliver ed by ovariohysterectomy from a queen with an acute FCV infection. The most prominent lesions in the fetuses were petechial haemorrhages in the skin. The virus isolated was characterised as FCV by antigenic analysis and cDNA sequence analysis. This is the second report of abortion associated with ac ute FCV infection.