Serologic Survey for Canine Coronavirus in Adult Dogs

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The purposes of this study were to survey the seroprevalence of canine coronavirus (CCV) in healthy adultdogs and to determine whether there was any relationship between seroprevalence and the host parameters. Serumsamples for determination of serum neutralization antibody titers against CCV were obtained from 812 healthy adultdogs over 1 year old brought to veterinary clinics for routine health care visit in 4 provinces from January 2003 toApril 2004. Of the 812 dogs, 714 (87.9%) had positive antibody titers (more than 1 : 4) against CCV. The prevalenceof positive CCV antibody titers were not significantly associated with age, sex, rearing province and environment,and vaccination status. However, the positive CCV antibody titers were increasing with the age. These serologicalfindings have shown that prevalence of positive CCV antibody titers in Korean dogs were a relatively high and thatagainst infection with CCV as it is to vaccinate against canine parvovirus.

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