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Feline panleukopenia virus revisited : molecular characteristics and pathological lesions associated with three recent isolates

M. Van Vuuren, A. Steinel, T. Goosen, E. Lane, J. Van der Lugt, J. Pearson, U. Truyen
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 71, No 3 | a702 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v71i3.702 | © 2000 M. Van Vuuren, A. Steinel, T. Goosen, E. Lane, J. Van der Lugt, J. Pearson, U. Truyen | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 July 2000 | Published: 10 July 2000

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M. Van Vuuren,
A. Steinel,
T. Goosen,
E. Lane,
J. Van der Lugt,
J. Pearson,
U. Truyen,

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Abstract

The low incidence of clinical signs or pathological lesions compatible with feline panleukopenia in cats has created the perception among practitioners that the disease has disappeared since the emergence of canine parvovirus type 2 in the late 1970s.Three parvoviruses that were recently isolated from a domestic cat and 2 cheetahs in cell culture or detected by means of the polymerase chain reaction were shown to be typical feline parvoviruses. Phylogenetic comparison with other FPV isolates did not reveal a particular African cluster.

Keywords

Cheetahs; Domestic Cat; Panleukopenia; Parvovirus; Polymerase Chain Reaction

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