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Novel Insights into Companion Animals Virus: Infection and Therapy

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Companion Animals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 6100

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Dr. Gianvito Lanave

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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Interests: viral infections, including enteric viruses in human and animals and zoonotic infections; research conducted in collaboration with European and extra-European scientists
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Dear Colleagues,

Companion animals include not just dogs and cats, but also horses, donkeys, rabbits, domestic pigs, ferrets, guinea pigs, reptiles, birds, and ornamental fish. Despite an evident link between human health and wellbeing and their pets, little is known about the role of companion animals as sources of viruses for people.

Viral infections induce devastating effects on the health and welfare of companion animals and are of immediate importance for their owners. Viruses of major concern include feline coronavirus (related to the novel severe acute respiratory coronavirus responsible for the worldwide pandemic) and its systemic virulent variants, canine distemper virus infections of dogs and large felids, equine herpes virus, and West-Nile virus, which causes severe disease in horses. Additionally, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, hantaviruses, hepatitis E virus, Aichi virus, European bat lyssavirus, cowpox virus, G5 rotavirus, influenza A virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus represent emerging and re-emerging threats for companion animals. Rabies virus displays zoonotic potential, and the significance of the recently discovered feline gammaherpesvirus and morbillivirus is unknown. Thus, improved knowledge regarding the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, and control of companion animal viral infections is pivotal.

Dr. Gianvito Lanave
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • virus
  • infection
  • companion animals
  • cats
  • dogs
  • horses
  • donkeys
  • exotic pets
  • prophylaxis
  • diagnosis
  • therapy

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Serological Examinations of Significant Viral Infections in Domestic Donkeys at the Special Nature Reserve “Zasavica”, Serbia
by Sava Lazić, Sara Savić, Tamaš Petrović, Gospava Lazić, Marina Žekić, Darko Drobnjak and Diana Lupulović
Animals 2023, 13(13), 2056; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132056 - 21 Jun 2023
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The paper presents the findings of specific antibodies in the blood sera of donkeys against the following viruses: equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), African horse sickness virus (AHSV), equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), equine influenza virus subtype H3N8 (EIV) and equine arteritis virus [...] Read more.
The paper presents the findings of specific antibodies in the blood sera of donkeys against the following viruses: equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), African horse sickness virus (AHSV), equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), equine influenza virus subtype H3N8 (EIV) and equine arteritis virus (EAV). The analyses were conducted during the year 2022. From a total of 199 donkeys bred in “Zasavica”, blood was sampled from 53 animals (2 male donkeys and 51 female donkeys), aged 3 to 10 years. Specific antibodies against EIAV were not detected in any of the tested animals using the agar-gel immunodiffusion (AGID) assay. No specific antibodies against AHSV, tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), or antibodies against EAV, tested by the virus neutralization test (VNT) and ELISA were detected in any of these animals. A positive serological result for EHV-1 was determined by the VNT in all animals, with antibody titer values ranging from 1:2 to 1:128, while a very low antibody titer value for EIV (subtype H3N8) of 1:16 was determined in 18 donkeys using the hemagglutination inhibition test (HI test). Full article
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An Outbreak of Limping Syndrome Associated with Feline Calicivirus
by Gianvito Lanave, Alessio Buonavoglia, Francesco Pellegrini, Barbara Di Martino, Federica Di Profio, Georgia Diakoudi, Cristiana Catella, Ahmed H. Omar, Violetta I. Vasinioti, Roberta Cardone, Giacinto Santo, Vito Martella and Michele Camero
Animals 2023, 13(11), 1778; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13111778 - 26 May 2023
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Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a common viral pathogen found in domestic cats. FCV is highly contagious and demonstrates a high genetic variability. Upper respiratory tract disease, oral ulcerations, salivation, and gingivitis–stomatitis have been regarded as typical clinical signs of FCV infection. Ulcerative dermatitis, [...] Read more.
Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a common viral pathogen found in domestic cats. FCV is highly contagious and demonstrates a high genetic variability. Upper respiratory tract disease, oral ulcerations, salivation, and gingivitis–stomatitis have been regarded as typical clinical signs of FCV infection. Ulcerative dermatitis, abortion, severe pneumonia, enteritis, chronic stomatitis, and virulent systemic disease have been reported more sporadically. Limping syndrome has been also described either in naturally or experimentally FCV-infected cats. In this study, we monitored a small outbreak of FCV infection in two household cats, in which limping disease was monitored with a 12-day lag time. The complete genome sequence was determined for the viruses isolated from the oropharyngeal and rectal swabs of the two animals, mapping up to 39 synonymous nucleotide mutations. The four isolates were sensitive to low pH conditions and trypsin treatment, a pattern usually associated with viruses isolated from the upper respiratory tract. Overall, the asynchronous pattern of infections and the results of genome sequencing suggest that a virus of respiratory origin was transmitted between the animals and that the FCV strain was able to retain the limping disease pathotype during the transmission chain, as previously observed in experimental studies with FCV strains associated with lameness. Full article
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