Abstract
A free-ranging adult male gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with moderate diarrhea and thick ocular mucus discharge was examined postmortem. Microscopically, the fox had intranuclear inclusion bodies within hepatocytes. Canine adenovirus-1 was identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleotide sequencing. To our knowledge, this is the first report of clinical infectious canine hepatitis in a gray fox.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adenoviruses, Canine / isolation & purification*
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Animals
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Animals, Wild / virology
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DNA, Viral / analysis
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Dogs
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Fatal Outcome
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Foxes / virology*
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Georgia / epidemiology
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Hepatitis, Infectious Canine / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis, Infectious Canine / pathology
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Male
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary