%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of viral particles in feces of young dogs and their relationship with clinical signs
%A Amo
%A Alicia N. del
%A Aprea
%A Adriana N.
%A Petruccelli
%A Miguel A.
%J Revista de Microbiologia
%D 1999
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0001-37141999000300009
%X gross and light microscopic studies of 100 stool specimens of young dogs were carried out. viral particles were detected in 31% of the analized samples using negative contrast electron microscopic diagnostic technique. parvo-like virus, corona-like virus and other non-identified particles were observed in 17%, 7% and 2% of the samples, respectively. parvo-like and corona-like viruses were found together in 5% of the samples. more than half (58.82%) of the positive parvo-like virus specimens were from dogs aged between 6 weeks and 6 months. 42.85% of the corona-like virus positive samples were detected in dogs between 6 weeks and 6 months and a similar percentage was found in dogs older than six months of age. dual infections with parvo-like and corona-like viruses were observed in 5% of the samples. unidentified virus-like particles were found in two specimens. 80.63% of the samples containing viral particles were obtained from dogs with diarrhea.
%K parvo-like virus
%K corona-like virus
%K diarrhea
%K dogs
%K electron microscopy.
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