Fecal Examinations for Diagnosis of Canine Parvovirus Infection

Abstract

Seventy canine fecal samples were examined by several laboratory methods for establishing a proper diagnostic test for canine parvovirus (CPV) infection. Immune electron microscopy (IEM) was a very reliable laboratory tool for diagnosis of canine viral enteritis, but in the CPV enteric infection, fecal hemagglutination and subsequent hemagglutination-inhibition tests with a reference immune serum were comparable to IEM in respect of specificity, rapidity and expense. Picornavirus-like or astrovirus-like particles were also detected in some samples.