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1、J.Vet.Med.B38,473-476(1991)01991PaulPareyScientificPublishers,BerlinandHamburgISSN0931-1793ShortCommunicationDepartmentofVeterinaryMedicine,NanjingAgriculturalUniversity,Nanjing210024,PRChina'andInstituteofMedicalMicrobiology,InfectiousandEpidemicDisease
2、s,VeterinaryFaculty,Ludwig-Maximilians-University,Munich,Veterinarstr.13,8000Munich22,FRGZCoronavirusasanAgentofNeonatalCalfDiarrheainaChineseDairyCattleFarmCHENGPINGLu',HUOCHUNYAO'andW.EICHHORN~Addressofauthors:DepartmentofVeterinaryMedicine,NanjingAgri
3、culturalUniversity,Nanjing210024,PRChina'andInstituteofMedicalMicrobiology,InfectiousandEpidemicDiseases,VeterinaryFaculty,Ludwig-Maximilians-University,Munich,Veterinarstr.13,8000Munich22,FRGzWithonefigureandonetable(ReceivedforpublicationJanuary21,1991
4、)SummaryNeonatalcalfdiarrheaisasignificanthealthproblemindairyindustryinthewholeworld.Althoughtheaetiologicalagentsofneonataldiarrheaarediverse,itisobviousthatvirusesplayanimportantrole.Oneofthemisbovineconoravirus(BCV).SinceBCVwasdiscovered(MEBUSetal.,1
5、969),therehavebeenmanypublishedreportsdescribingthevirusanditsimportanceincalves.InChina,wefirstinvestigatedtheseroepidemiologicalstatusofBCVinfectionsincattle(YAOetal.,1990).TheresultsshowedthattheincidenceofinfectionswithBCVincattleindifferentChinesere
6、gionsarehigh.FurtherworkondirectdiagnosisofBCVasacausativeagentofdiarrheawasthereforenecessary.Inthelastyearswehavedevelopeddiagnosticmethodsincludingamonoclonalantibody-basedELISAtodetectBCVandotherdiarrhealviruses.Inthisstudy,thediagnosisofanoutbreakof
7、BCVinChinesedairycattleisdescribed.ClinicalAspectsInearly1989,anoutbreakofcalfdiarrheaoccurredinadairyherdinNanjing,southeasternChina,affectingcalvesuptotwomonthsofage.Themorbiditywas98.9YO(78outof79calves)andthemortalitywas10.1%(8outof79calves).Of78affe
8、ctedcalves,73were1-20daysoldandallofthe8calvesthatdiedbelongedtothisgroup.Thedurationofdiarrheawasapproximatelythree-eightdays.Inthisdairyfarm,73newborncalveswerederivedfromcowsimportedfromCanada,theothersfromnativecows.Th