📄 Detection of an antigenic group 2 coronavirus in an adult alpaca with enteritis

Antigenic group 2 coronavirus was detected in a fecal sample of an adult alpaca by reverse transcription-PCR. The presence of alpaca coronavirus (Ap. CoV) in the small intestine was demonstrated by immune histochemistry with an antinucleocapsid monoclonal antibody that reacts with group 2 coronaviruses. Other common causes of diarrhea in adult camelids were not detected. We conclude that nutritional stress may have predisposed the alpaca to severe Ap. CoV infection. Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology.

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