A free-ranging adult male gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) with moderate diarrhea and thick ocular mucus discharge was examined postmortem. Microscopically, the fox had intranuclear inclusion bodies within hepatocytes. Canine adenovirus-1 was identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleotide sequencing. To our knowledge, this is the first report of clinical infectious canine hepatitis in a gray fox.
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1 October 2007
Infectious Canine Hepatitis in a Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Richard W. Gerhold,
Andrew B. Allison,
Danielle L. Temple,
Michael J. Chamberlain,
Karen R. Strait,
Michael K. Keel
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 43 • No. 4
October 2007
Vol. 43 • No. 4
October 2007
canine adenovirus
gray fox
infectious canine hepatitis
Urocyon cinereoargenteus