New Parvoviruses and Picornavirus in Tissues and Feces of Foals with Interstitial Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT: Six foals with interstitial pneumonia of undetermined etiology from Southern California were analyzed by viral metagenomics. Spleen, lung, and colon content samples obtained during necropsy from each animal were pooled, and nucleic acids from virus-like particles enriched for deep sequencing. The recently described equine copiparvovirus named eqcopivirus, as well as three previously uncharacterized viruses, were identified. The complete ORFs genomes of two closely related protoparvoviruses, and of a bocaparvovirus, plus the partial genome of a picornavirus were assembled. The parvoviruses were classified as members of new ungulate protoparvovirus and bocaparvovirus species in the Parvoviridae family. The picornavirus was classified as a new species in the Salivirus genus of the Picornaviri

SUBMITTER: Altan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8402702 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature