Myocarditis in an FIP-Diseased Cat with FCoV M1058L Mutation: Clinical and Pathological Changes [PDF]
AnimalsAn 8-month-old intact male domestic shorthair cat was referred to the Emergency Service of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) of the Department of Veterinary Science of the University of Parma (Italy) from the Parma municipal multi-cat shelter ...
Chiara Guarnieri +5 more
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Loss of FCoV-23 spike domain 0 enhances fusogenicity and entry kinetics [PDF]
NatureThe ability of coronaviruses to recombine and cross species barriers affects human and animal health globally and is a pandemic threat 1,2. FCoV-23 is a recently emerged, highly pathogenic recombinant coronavirus responsible for a widespread outbreak of ...
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Development of a qRT - PCR Diagnostic Kit for the Detection of FCoV [PDF]
Cyprus Journal of Medical SciencesBACKGROUND/AIMS: In recent years, feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), which led to the death of more than 3,000 cats on the island of Cyprus, has become a significant concern. FIP is a fatal disease in cats caused by feline coronavirus (FCoV).
Gülten Tuncel Dereboylu +4 more
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FCoV‐23 causing FIP in a cat imported to the UK from Cyprus [PDF]
Veterinary Record, 2023 WE would like to report a case of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in a cat now in the UK having been imported from Cyprus at the end of August 2023.
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High viral loads despite absence of clinical and pathological findings in cats experimentally infected with feline coronavirus (FCoV) type I and in naturally FCoV-infected cats [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2004 Specified pathogen-free cats were naturally infected with FCoV or experimentally infected with FCoV type I. Seroconversion was determined and the course of infection was monitored by measuring the FCoV loads in faeces, whole blood, plasma and/or ...
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Genomic RNA sequence of feline coronavirus strain FCoV C1Je [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2007 This paper reports the first genomic RNA sequence of a field strain feline coronavirus (FCoV). Viral RNA was isolated at post mortem from the jejunum and liver of a cat with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). A consensus sequence of the jejunum-derived
Stuart G Siddell
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FCoV Viral Sequences of Systemically Infected Healthy Cats Lack Gene Mutations Previously Linked to the Development of FIP [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)—the deadliest infectious disease of young cats in shelters or catteries—is induced by highly virulent feline coronaviruses (FCoVs) emerging in infected hosts after mutations of less virulent FCoVs.
Mirjam Lutz +2 more
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Animals, 2023 Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is widely circulating among domestic cats (Felis catus). The zoonotic origin of the emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the biological characteristics of CoVs, including the ability to cross ...
Mohamed El-Tholoth +11 more
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Identification of within-host deletions in domain 0 of the spike gene of pathogenic feline coronavirus type 2 from the USA [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and SurgeryObjectives Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is widely acknowledged to gain pathogenicity within the host to cause the lethal disease feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
Ximena A Olarte-Castillo +4 more
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Role of Feline Coronavirus as Contributor to Diarrhea in Cats from Breeding Catteries
Viruses, 2022 (1) Background: Feline coronavirus infection (FCoV) is common in multi-cat environments. A role of FCoV in causing diarrhea is often assumed, but has not been proven. The aim of this study was to evaluate an association of FCoV infection with diarrhea in
Sandra Felten +9 more
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