[ACVM] coronavirus question from a listserve

[Krakowka, George]

I'm not aware of reports in equines but will keep my eyes and ears wide open.  I would be interested in acquiring isolates or tissues from infected horses if they exist.  Do we have any indication of organ systems involved (respiratory or enteric or both?)  Regards to all,  Steve Krakowka
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Subject: Re: [ACVM] coronavirus question from a listserve

To date, the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at NVSL has not been involved with or identified coronavirus from ill horses.  I am not aware of any controlled studies with equine coronaviruses but have also heard reports of associations between coronaviruses and disease in horses.


Eileen N. Ostlund

Eileen N. Ostlund, DVM, PhD
Associate Director
National Veterinary Services Laboratories
STAS/VS/APHIS/USDA
1920 Dayton Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
eileen.n.ostlund at aphis.usda.gov<mailto:eileen.n.ostlund at aphis.usda.gov>
Telephone (515) 337-7929   Fax (515) 337-7397




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Subject: Fwd: coronavirus question from a listserve




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Date: December 2, 2015 at 3:01:33 PM CST
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Subject: FW: coronavirus question from a listserve
Have any of you been involved with evaluating cases of acute febrile disease +/- gastrointestinal signs in adult horses, with fecal coronavirus shedding identified in these horses?  There has been some discussion of such cases among veterinary internists I know, and I¹ve wondered what the vet microbiology community makes of this.  Basically I¹ve been a bit skeptical that coronavirus is the cause of these signs, but I¹ve never been directly involved with a case.  I also haven¹t found any reports of experimental challenge studies leading to typical disease in adult horses.
Is anyone aware of such work?

Thanks for any information.

Amelia Woolums


Amelia R. Woolums, DVM MVSc PhD DACVIM DACVM

Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS  39762
cell: 706-206-8652


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