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A case-control study of pathogen and lifestyle risk factors for diarrhoea in dogs. Prev Vet Med 2011; 99:185-92. [PMID: 21420191 PMCID: PMC7132454 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Diarrhoea is a common and multi-factorial condition in dogs, the aetiology of which is often incompletely understood. A case–control study was carried out to compare the carriage of some common canine enteric pathogens (enteric coronavirus, parvovirus, distemper, endoparasites, Campylobacter and Salmonella spp.), as well as lifestyle factors such as vaccination history, diet and contact with other species, in dogs presenting at first opinion veterinary practices with and without diarrhoea. Multivariable conditional logistic regression showed that dogs in the study which scavenged or had had a recent change of diet (OR 3.5, p = 0.002), had recently stayed in kennels (OR 9.5, p = 0.01), or were fed a home-cooked diet (OR 4, p = 0.002) were at a significantly greater risk of diarrhoea, whilst being female (OR 0.4, p = 0.01), currently up to date with routine vaccinations (OR 0.4, p = 0.05) and having contact with horse faeces (OR 0.4, p = 0.06) were associated with a reduced risk. None of the pathogens tested for was a significant factor in the final multivariable model suggesting that in this predominantly vaccinated population, diarrhoea may be more associated with lifestyle risk factors than specific pathogens.
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Emergence of canine distemper in Bavarian wildlife associated with a specific amino acid exchange in the haemagglutinin protein. Vet J 2011; 187:399-401. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Revised: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang F, Yan X, Chai X, Zhang H, Zhao J, Wen Y, Wu W. Differentiation of canine distemper virus isolates in fur animals from various vaccine strains by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism according to phylogenetic relations in china. Virol J 2011; 8:85. [PMID: 21352564 PMCID: PMC3056815 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In order to effectively identify the vaccine and field strains of Canine distemper virus (CDV), a new differential diagnostic test has been developed based on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). We selected an 829 bp fragment of the nucleoprotein (N) gene of CDV. By RFLP analysis using BamHI, field isolates were distinguishable from the vaccine strains. Two fragments were obtained from the vaccine strains by RT-PCR-RFLP analysis while three were observed in the field strains. An 829 nucleotide region of the CDV N gene was analyzed in 19 CDV field strains isolated from minks, raccoon dogs and foxes in China between 2005 and 2007. The results suggest this method is precise, accurate and efficient. It was also determined that three different genotypes exist in CDV field strains in fur animal herds of the north of China, most of which belong to Asian type. Mutated field strains, JSY06-R1, JSY06-R2 and JDH07-F1 also exist in Northern China, but are most closely related to the standard virulent strain A75/17, designated in Arctic and America-2 genetype in the present study, respectively.
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- Fengxue Wang
- Jilin Zhongte Biotechnological Co, Ltd, Jilin 132109, People's Republic of China.
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Chulakasian S, Lee MS, Wang CY, Chiou SS, Lin KH, Lin FY, Hsu TH, Wong ML, Chang TJ, Hsu WL. Multiplex Amplification Refractory Mutation System Polymerase Chain Reaction (ARMS-PCR) for diagnosis of natural infection with canine distemper virus. Virol J 2010; 7:122. [PMID: 20534175 PMCID: PMC2907576 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Canine distemper virus (CDV) is present worldwide and produces a lethal systemic infection of wild and domestic Canidae. Pre-existing antibodies acquired from vaccination or previous CDV infection might interfere the interpretation of a serologic diagnosis method. In addition, due to the high similarity of nucleic acid sequences between wild-type CDV and the new vaccine strain, current PCR derived methods cannot be applied for the definite confirmation of CD infection. Hence, it is worthy of developing a simple and rapid nucleotide-based assay for differentiation of wild-type CDV which is a cause of disease from attenuated CDVs after vaccination. High frequency variations have been found in the region spanning from the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of the matrix (M) gene to the fusion (F) gene (designated M-F UTR) in a few CDV strains. To establish a differential diagnosis assay, an amplification refractory mutation analysis was established based on the highly variable region on M-F UTR and F regions. RESULTS Sequences of frequent polymorphisms were found scattered throughout the M-F UTR region; the identity of nucleic acid between local strains and vaccine strains ranged from 82.5% to 93.8%. A track of AAA residue located 35 nucleotides downstream from F gene start codon highly conserved in three vaccine strains were replaced with TGC in the local strains; that severed as target sequences for deign of discrimination primers. The method established in the present study successfully differentiated seven Taiwanese CDV field isolates, all belonging to the Asia-1 lineage, from vaccine strains. CONCLUSIONS The method described herein would be useful for several clinical applications, such as confirmation of nature CDV infection, evaluation of vaccination status and verification of the circulating viral genotypes.
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- Songkhla Chulakasian
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kou Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Si W, Zhou S, Wang Z, Cui SJ. A multiplex reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction for detection and differentiation of wild-type and vaccine strains of canine distemper virus. Virol J 2010; 7:86. [PMID: 20433759 PMCID: PMC2880969 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A multiplex reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR) method was developed for the detection and differentiation of wild-type and vaccine strains of canine distemper virus (CDV). A pair of primers (P1 and P4) specific for CDV corresponding to the highly conserved region of the CDV genome were used as a common primer pair in the first-round PCR of the nested PCR. Primers P2 specific for CDV wild-type strains, were used as the forward primer together with the common reverse primer P4 in the second round of nested PCR. Primers P3, P5 specific for CDV wild-type strain or vaccine strain, were used as the forward primer together with the common reverse primer P4+P6 in the second round of nested PCR. A fragment of 177 bp was amplified from vaccine strain genomic RNA, and a fragment of 247 bp from wild-type strain genomic RNA in the RT-nPCR, and two fragments of 247 bp and 177 bp were amplified from the mixed samples of vaccine and wild-type strains. No amplification was achieved for uninfected cells, or cells infected with Newcastle disease virus (NDV), canine parvovirus (CPV), canine coronavirus (CCV), rabies virus (RV), or canine adenovirus (CAV). The RT-nPCR method was used to detect 30 field samples suspected of canine distemper from Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces, and 51 samples in Shandong province. As a result of 30 samples, were found to be wild-type-like, and 5 to be vaccine-strain-like. The RT-nPCR method can be used to effectively detect and differentiate wild-type CDV-infected dogs from dogs vaccinated with CDV vaccine, and thus can be used in clinical detection and epidemiological surveillance.
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- Wei Si
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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Canine distemper virus diversity in Lake Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) population. Vet Microbiol 2010; 144:192-7. [PMID: 20083361 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Morbillivirus epizootics in marine mammals have been found in a variety of marine mammal species throughout the world over the past 20 years. The virus epizootic which resulted in significant mortality of Siberian seals (Phoca sibirica) in Lake Baikal during 1987-1988 was caused by the canine distemper virus (CDV). In our previous papers we provided evidence that the CDV similar to strain, identified in 1988, continued to circulate in Lake Baikal seals after 1988. The aim of this study was an up to date detection of CDV in Baikal seals and an evaluation of the genetic diversity of Baikal seal CDVs in comparison with other virus isolates and strains available in the GenBank on the basis of nucleotide sequence analysis of the phosphoprotein gene fragment. The majority of CDVs recovered from 1992 till 2007 were found to be similar to the one responsible for the epizootic of Lake Baikal seals. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that more than one genotype of CDV was circulating in Lake Baikal seals after the epizootic of 1987-1988.
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Demeter Z, Palade EA, Hornyák A, Rusvai M. Controversial results of the genetic analysis of a canine distemper vaccine strain. Vet Microbiol 2009; 142:420-6. [PMID: 19931324 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Revised: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Canine distemper (CD) is a highly contagious, often fatal, multisystemic viral disease of receptive carnivores. The presence of a PsiI cleavage site on a specific location of the hemagglutinin (H) gene was found to be a hallmark of vaccine strains, thus, a previously published restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) test using PsiI theoretically allows the distinction between all currently used vaccine strains and virulent field strains. The RFLP test was carried out on all brands of CD vaccines available in Hungary. The present work describes the extensive sequencing and phylogenetic study of the strain present in Vanguard (Pfizer Animal Health) vaccines, which following the PsiI based RFLP test reacted as a wild-type strain. Based on the product description provided by the manufacturer, all batches should have contained a virus strain (Snyder Hill) belonging to the group of vaccine strains (America-1). Extensive genetic analysis involving the full nucleic acid sequence of four other genes (N, M, P and F) of the CDV genome revealed that the incriminated virus strain showed a higher level of genetic identity to wild-type strains from the America-2 group than to any of the strains belonging to America-1 group, therefore the vaccine does not contain the virus strain stated by the manufacturer in its product description and has not been containing it since at least 1992.
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- Zoltán Demeter
- Department of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary.
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Zhao JJ, Yan XJ, Chai XL, Martella V, Luo GL, Zhang HL, Gao H, Liu YX, Bai X, Zhang L, Chen T, Xu L, Zhao CF, Wang FX, Shao XQ, Wu W, Cheng SP. Phylogenetic analysis of the haemagglutinin gene of canine distemper virus strains detected from breeding foxes, raccoon dogs and minks in China. Vet Microbiol 2009; 140:34-42. [PMID: 19647380 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV) infects a variety of carnivores, including wild and domestic Canidae. Genetic/antigenic heterogeneity has been observed among the various CDV strains, notably in the haemagglutinin (H) gene, that appears as a good target to gather epidemiological information. Based on sequence analysis of the H gene, wild-type CDV strains cluster into distinct geographic lineages (genotypes), irrespective of the species of isolation. The sequence of the H gene of 28 CDV strains detected from both vaccinated and non-vaccinated breeding foxes, raccoon dogs and minks from different geographical areas of China during the years 2004-2008 was determined. All the CDV strains but two (strains HL and HLJ2) were characterized as Asia-1 genotype and were highly similar to each other (96.2-99.7% at the amino acid [aa] level) and to other Asia-1 strains (96.1-99.5% aa) previously detected in China. The CDV strains HL and HLJ2 were both collected from foxes in Heilongjiang province in 2005. Strain HL resembled CDVs of the Arctic genotype (GR88-like) and displayed high aa identity (98.0%) to the Chinese canine strain Liu. By converse, strain HLJ2 was barely related to CDVs of the Asia-2 genotype (88.7-90.3% aa identity), and could represent a novel CDV genotype, tentatively proposed as Asia-3. These results suggest that at least three different CDV genotypes, distantly related (81.8-91.6% aa identity) to the vaccine strains, Onderstepoort-like (America-1 genotype), are currently circulating in breeding foxes, raccoon dogs and minks in China, and that the genotype Asia-1 is predominant. Whether the diversity between wild-type CDVs and the vaccine strains may affect, to some extent, the efficacy of the vaccines deserves further investigations.
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- Jian-Jun Zhao
- Division of Zoonoses, Institute of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CAAS, 15 Luming Street, Jilin 132109, China.
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Martella V, Elia G, Buonavoglia C. Canine distemper virus. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2008; 38:787-97, vii-viii. [PMID: 18501278 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Vaccine-based prophylaxis has greatly helped to keep distemper disease under control. Notwithstanding, the incidence of canine distemper virus (CDV)-related disease in canine populations throughout the world seems to have increased in the past decades, and several episodes of CDV disease in vaccinated animals have been reported, with nation-wide proportions in some cases. Increasing surveillance should be pivotal to identify new CDV variants and to understand the dynamics of CDV epidemiology. In addition, it is important to evaluate whether the efficacy of the vaccine against these new strains may somehow be affected.
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- Vito Martella
- Department of Animal Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Strada per Casamassima km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy
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McVey DS, Kennedy M. Vaccines for Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Diseases of Companion Animals. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2008; 38:903-17, ix-x. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Han GZ, Liu XP, Li SS. Cross-species recombination in the haemagglutinin gene of canine distemper virus. Virus Res 2008; 136:198-201. [PMID: 18550189 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 04/18/2008] [Accepted: 04/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV) has high prevalence in the world dog population and poses an important conservation threat to many carnivore species. In this study, extensive phylogenetic and recombination analyses were performed on all available complete haemagglutinin gene sequences and a strain (AF178038) isolated from giant panda was identified as putative recombinant. Interestingly, the mosaic was produced by recombination between genotypes European wildlife and Asia-1 and the recombination event involves viruses infecting different host species. This finding may have important implications for the evolution of CDV.
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- Guan-Zhu Han
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China.
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Canine distemper virus strains circulating among North American dogs. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2008; 15:707-12. [PMID: 18256210 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00005-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious virus that causes multisystemic disease in dogs. We received seven samples from dogs with CD from the United States during 2007. CDV isolates from these samples formed large, multinucleated syncytia in a Vero cell line expressing canine signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM). Based on the hemagglutinin gene sequences, the CDV isolates from three states (California, Missouri, and Oklahoma) formed two CDV genetic groups: group I (major; six of seven isolates) consisted of CDV isolates closely related to the European wildlife lineage of CDV, and group II (minor; one of seven isolates) was genetically related to the Arctic-like lineage of CDV. However, both CDV groups were genetically different from the current vaccine strains that belong to the American-1 lineage of the old (1930 to 1950) CDV isolates.
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