A clinical and microbiological study of cats with protruding nictitating membranes and diarrhoea: isolation of a novel virus

P Muir; D A Harbour; T J Gruffydd-Jones; P E Howard; C D Hopper; E A Gruffydd-Jones; H M Broadhead; C M Clarke; M E Jones

A clinical and microbiological study of cats with protruding nictitating membranes and diarrhoea: isolation of a novel virus

Vet Rec. 1990 Sep 29;127(13):324-30.

Authors

P Muir¹, D A Harbour, T J Gruffydd-Jones, P E Howard, C D Hopper, E A Gruffydd-Jones, H M Broadhead, C M Clarke, M E Jones

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford.

PMID: 2124013

Abstract

Fifty cats with the syndrome of protruding nictitating membranes and diarrhoea were compared clinically and microbiologically with nine cats with diarrhoea alone and 17 healthy cats. A novel torovirus-like agent was isolated from 11 cats, including seven of the cats with protruding nictitating membranes and diarrhoea.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cat Diseases / microbiology*
Cats
Diarrhea / microbiology
Diarrhea / veterinary*
Eyelid Diseases / microbiology
Eyelid Diseases / veterinary*
Feces / microbiology
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / veterinary
Microscopy, Electron
Nictitating Membrane / microbiology*
Syndrome
Viruses / isolation & purification*