[ACVM] coronavirus question from a listserve

[Srivastava, Kunwar]

Dear ACVM Diplomats,
This is the first time I heard Coronavirus causes disease in horse. I will
be happy to know this. I know it causes few serious diseases in lab or wild
rabbits.
Regards,
Kunwar K. Srivastava, DVM, PhD, DACVM
Professor & Attending Veterinarian
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Ostlund, Eileen N - APHIS <
Eileen.N.Ostlund at aphis.usda.gov> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> From: Schmitt, Beverly J - APHIS
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 3:14 PM
> To: Ostlund, Eileen N - APHIS
> Subject: Fwd: coronavirus question from a listserve
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Levings, Randall L - APHIS" <Randall.L.Levings at aphis.usda.gov
> <mailto:Randall.L.Levings at aphis.usda.gov>>
> Date: December 2, 2015 at 3:01:33 PM CST
> To: "Swenson, Sabrina L - APHIS" <Sabrina.L.Swenson at aphis.usda.gov<mailto:
> Sabrina.L.Swenson at aphis.usda.gov>>, "Schmitt, Beverly J - APHIS" <
> Beverly.J.Schmitt at aphis.usda.gov<mailto:Beverly.J.Schmitt at aphis.usda.gov>>
> 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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-- 
*Kunwar K. Srivastava, DVM, PhD, DACVM*
*Professor and Attending Veterinarian*
*Department of Pathobiology*
*College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health*
*Tuskegee University*
*Tuskegee, AL 36088*
*tel 334-724-4106*
*email:* *srivastava at mytu.tuskegee.edu* <srivastava at mytu.tuskegee.edu>