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Characterisation of a potentially abortigenic strain of feline calicivirus isolated from a domestic cat
Author(s) -
Van Vuuren M.,
Geissler K.,
Gerber D.,
Nöthling J. O.,
Truyen U.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.144.23.636
Subject(s) - feline calicivirus , calicivirus , virology , biology , abortion , cats , virus , strain (injury) , medicine , pregnancy , anatomy , genetics
Feline calicivirus (FCV) was isolated from one of four dead fetuses delivered 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 acute FCV infection.