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Table 4 Shedding and serotypes of feline coronavirus detected in FIP cats in the cat shelter

From: An outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis in a Taiwanese shelter: epidemiologic and molecular evidence for horizontal transmission of a novel type II feline coronavirus

Cat no.

Sample

Days before death

−80

−66

−60

−57

−50

−43

−36

−29

−25

−23

−20

−18

−14

−12

−8

−6

−4

0*

9

Feces

 

I

            

I

  

II

 

NOC swabs

                 

II

 

Viremia

              

II

  

+

 

Effusions

              

II

II

 

II

11

Feces

     

-

 

-

    

-

  

II

 

II

 

NOC swabs

            

-

  

-

 

II

 

Viremia

       

-

    

-

-

 

-

 

-

 

Effusions

     

+

           

II

12

Feces

-

+

-

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

  

II

II

 

NOC swabs

    

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

II

II

 

Viremia

-

 

-

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

II

+

+

  

-

 
 

Effusions

II

                

II

  1. +: FCoV positive; -: FCoV negative.
  2. I, II: Type I or type II FCoV.
  3. *: Samples were collected directly prior to euthanasia, except for cat 12, from which the samples were taken after death.
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