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Ulcerative pododermatitis and disseminated erosive lesions associated with cowpox virus infection in a domestic cat
Ludwig, Louisa; Bohn, Jéromine; Remy, Isabelle et al.
2016In Veterinary Record Case Reports
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Abstract :
[en] The authors report on a case of feline cowpox virus infection associated with severe ulcerative dermatitis of a paw and disseminated erosive lesions. While the anamnesis of the cat being a known rodent-hunter, a typical seasonality of infection and the progression of clinical signs from a primary anterior lesion (forelimb) indicated a possible cowpox virus infection, the differential diagnosis was complicated by the resemblance of clinical signs to those induced by feline herpesvirus-dermatitis or feline calicivirus infection. These differential diagnoses were excluded by means of immunostaining and PCR, respectively. Detection of eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in cells from biopsy material and positive PCR and sequencing results confirmed the diagnosis of cowpox virus infection. Genetic characterisation of the isolate, based on the highly diverse haemagglutinin gene, showed that the strain (Liege 2015; GenBank accession number: KU726584) clustered with other European isolates, mostly from exotic zoo animals.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Ludwig, Louisa  ;  Université de Liège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Virologie vétérinaire et maladies virales animales
Bohn, Jéromine ;  Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Pathologie médicale des petits animaux
Remy, Isabelle ;  Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Pathologie médicale des petits animaux
Haegeman, Andy;  Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Operational Direction Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center – VAR – CODA – CERVA, Brussels, Belgium
Heimann, Marianne;  Anatomie pathologie vétérinaire pour animaux de compagnie (ANAPET sprl), Rue du Faubourg, 269, B-6110 Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
Mauroy, Axel ;  Université de Liège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Virologie vétérinaire et maladies virales animales
de Clercq, Kris;  Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Operational Direction Viral Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center – VAR – CODA – CERVA, Brussels, Belgium
Thiry, Etienne ;  Université de Liège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Virologie vétérinaire et maladies virales animales
Language :
English
Title :
Ulcerative pododermatitis and disseminated erosive lesions associated with cowpox virus infection in a domestic cat
Publication date :
12 August 2016
Journal title :
Veterinary Record Case Reports
eISSN :
2052-6121
Publisher :
BMJ Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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