Journal article
An extended outbreak of infectious peritonitis in a closed colony of european wildcats (Felis silvestris)
Abstract
Feline infectious peritonitis is a multisystemic disease of domestic and exotic cats caused by a coronavirus. An outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis was investigated in a closed colony of European wildcats (Felis silvestris) at a zoological garden. Over a six-year period, a putative fading kitten syndrome occurred in six of 11 litters born and severe lesions of infectious peritonitis occurred in five of the eight wildcats retained in the …
Authors
Watt NJ; MacIntyre NJ; McOrist S
Journal
Journal of Comparative Pathology, Vol. 108, No. 1, pp. 73–79
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 1993
DOI
10.1016/s0021-9975(08)80229-0
ISSN
0021-9975