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Prevalence of feline coronavirus in two cat populations in Malaysia

The prevalence of feline coronavirus (FCoV) was studied in two catteries in Malaysia. Rectal swabs or faecal samples were collected from a total of 44 clinically healthy Persian purebred and mix-breed cats. RNA extracted from the faecal material was subjected to a reverse transcription-polymerase ch...

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Autores principales: Sharif, Saeed, Arshad, Siti S., Hair-Bejo, Mohd, Omar, Abdul R., Zeenathul, Nazariah A., Hafidz, Mohd A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: ESFM and AAFP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7128893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19818660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfms.2009.08.005
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description The prevalence of feline coronavirus (FCoV) was studied in two catteries in Malaysia. Rectal swabs or faecal samples were collected from a total of 44 clinically healthy Persian purebred and mix-breed cats. RNA extracted from the faecal material was subjected to a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using primers flanking for a conserved region of the virus genome. The overall prevalence of FCoV infection was 84% and the infection rate was higher in Persian purebred cats (96%) than mix-breed cats (70%). There was no significant association between the age or gender of tested cats and shedding the virus. This study is the first PCR-based survey for FCoV in Malaysia and showed the ubiquitous presence of FCoV in Malaysian cat colonies.
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spelling pubmed-71288932020-04-08 Prevalence of feline coronavirus in two cat populations in Malaysia Sharif, Saeed Arshad, Siti S. Hair-Bejo, Mohd Omar, Abdul R. Zeenathul, Nazariah A. Hafidz, Mohd A. J Feline Med Surg Article The prevalence of feline coronavirus (FCoV) was studied in two catteries in Malaysia. Rectal swabs or faecal samples were collected from a total of 44 clinically healthy Persian purebred and mix-breed cats. RNA extracted from the faecal material was subjected to a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using primers flanking for a conserved region of the virus genome. The overall prevalence of FCoV infection was 84% and the infection rate was higher in Persian purebred cats (96%) than mix-breed cats (70%). There was no significant association between the age or gender of tested cats and shedding the virus. This study is the first PCR-based survey for FCoV in Malaysia and showed the ubiquitous presence of FCoV in Malaysian cat colonies. ESFM and AAFP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2009-12 2009-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7128893/ /pubmed/19818660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfms.2009.08.005 Text en Copyright © 2009 ESFM and AAFP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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