Histopathological features of canine distemper recently observed in Japan
Histopathological features of canine distemper recently observed in Japan
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DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9975(97)80057-6
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发表时间:
1997-05-01
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Kai, C
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作者:
Okita, M;Yanai, T;Kai, C
Eleven dogs with canine distemper (CD) from the Chubu region of Japan and the Tokyo area were examined. Clinically, respiratory and neurological signs were present in all animals. Histopathologically, all showed characteristic CD lesions of bronchopneumonia and demyelinating encephalitis. However, some differences in gastrointestinal abnormalities were observed. Three out of four dogs from the Chubu region had severe diarrhoea and gastroenteritis, associated with numerous eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the mucosal epithelia. The remaining dog from this area showed vomiting, but not diarrhoea, and also had a number of intraepithelial inclusion bodies in the gastric and intestinal mucosa. In contrast, the seven dogs from the Tokyo area showed neither gastrointestinal symptoms nor intraepithelial inclusions in the stomach or intestine. Immunohistochemical examination for CD virus antigen, however, revealed that these seven dogs had immunoreactive products in the mucosal epithelia, suggesting that the epithelial cells had either a low level of infection with CD virus or were infected with a less cytopathogenic virus. These findings suggest that the dogs in this study were probably affected by two distinct types of CD, in terms of epitheliotropism and cytopathogenic effects on the gastrointestinal tissues. (C) 1997 W.B. Saunders Company Limited.