Family: Coronaviridae Flashcards
Coronavirus
Group 1a
What are the 4 viruses in this group?
- Feline enteric coronavirus
- formerly feline infectious peritonitis virus
- Canine coronavirus
- Transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine
- Porcine respiratory coronavirus
Coronavirus
Group 1b
What is the virus in this group?
- Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
Coronavirus
Group 2a
What are the 4 viruses in this group?
- Porcine hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus
- Mouse hepatitis virus
- Sialodacryoadenitis virus of rats
- Bovine coronavirus
Coronavirus
Group 2b
What are the 2 viruses in this group?
- SARS coronavirus (humans)
- SARS coronavirus (civet cats, bats)
Coronavirus
Group 3
What are the 2 viruses in this group?
- Avian infectious bronchitis virus
- Turkey coronavirus, Bluecomb virus
What are the 2 characteristic shapes of viruses found in Family Coronaviridae? How can you distinguish between the 2?
- Coronavirus have icosahedral internal core structure enclosing a helical nucelocapsid
- Torovirus have a tightly coiled tubular nucleocapsid bent intoa. doughnut shape
Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) in Pigs
Coronavirus Group 1A
- highly infectious viral disease of pigs
- vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea, high mortality (piglets)
- older pigs susceptible, but have milder clinical signs
- Classified as OIE List B disease
- 2 forms: epidemic and endemic forms
- reported in USA
- exact mode of transmission not clear, BUT fecal-oral (major route of transmission); can also spread via aerosol
- incubation period: 24-48 hours
- onset SUDDEN
What are the 2 forms of TGE (Transmissible Gastroenteritis in Pigs)?
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Epidemic form:
- when virus is first introduced into susceptible herd
- observed most often in winter
- rapid spread, high morbidity + mortality (piglets)
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Endemic form:
- when virus persists in a partially immune herd OR due to concurrent porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) infection (a deletion mutant of TGE virus)
- less severe form of disease + much lower mortality or morbidity
What is the pathogenesis pathway of TGEV (Transmissible Gastroenteritis in Pigs)?
- normal intestinal villi becomes infected with TGE
- blunting + fusion of intestinal villi results in marked villus atrophy and fusion
- Malabsorption
- Diarrhea
What are the clinical signs of TGE (Transmissible Gastroenteritis in Pigs)?
- profuse diarrhea (piglets)
- vomiting
- severe depression + dehydration
- watery, yellow-green stool with offensive odor
- feces contain clots of undigested milk
What are Post Mortem findings of TGE (Transmissible Gastroenteritis in Pigs)?
- distended intestine showing translucent intestinal wall and fluid ingesta
- dilated stomach containing undigested milk
- bloated gut
- presence of gases and atrophy of intestinal villi
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED)
Coronavirus Group 1b
- although clinical signs similar, PED virus unrelated to TGE virus (Group 1a)
- spread via fecal-oral route
- cause acute outbreaks of severe diarrhea, vomiting
- spread quickly across many US states - severe economic losses
Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis (Vomiting & Wasting Disease in Pigs)
- coronavirus with hemagglutinating properties
- spread via aerosol route - contact with nasal secretions from infected or carrier swine
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PHE virus has 2 forms:
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Vomiting and Wasting Disease (VWD) form
- usually piglets <4 weeks of age
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encephalomyelitic form
- usually piglets <2 weeks
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Vomiting and Wasting Disease (VWD) form
- form depends on pathogenicity of strain, age and litter susceptiblity
What is the pathogenicity process of Porcine Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis (Vomiting & Wasting Disease in Pigs)
- pig becomes infected via aerosol route from contact with nasal secretions from infected or carrier swine
- viral replication occurs in nasal mucosa
- viral replication further occurs in lungs, tonsils, small intestine
- virus spreads via peripheral nervous system to CNS
- replication in brain stem, cerebrum, cerebellum
- becomes Acute Encephalomyelitis (piglets <2 weeks) OR
- virus replication in Ganglion Distale vagi -> vomiting -> malnutrition -> wasting OR
- disturbance in gastric emptying (replication vagal ganglion, lesions in intramural plexi of stomach) -> malnutrition -> wasting
- Wasting usually in piglets <4 weeks of age
* Form depends on pathogenicity of strain, age & litter susceptibility
Bovine Coronavirus Infection in Calves
- diarrhea in calves (1 day to 3 months of ages, mostly 1-2 weeks)
- common during winter months
- spread via fecal-oral transmission, possibly aerosol by other sick calves or carrier cows (mostly mother)
- frequent, major symptoms: profuse diarrhea
- minor symptoms: respiratory symptoms (mild or sub-clinical rhinitis, tracheitis)