Outbreak of Canine Parvoviral Enteritis in Korea

Rhee, Young-Ok; Choi, Dae-Young; Park, Bong-Kyun; Han, Hong-Ryul; Hwang, Eui-Kyung; Yoo, Gyu-Yeon

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1982;22(2):171-174.

Young-Ok Rhee¹, Dae-Young Choi¹, Bong-Kyun Park¹, Hong-Ryul Han², Eui-Kyung Hwang², Gyu-Yeon Yoo²

¹Institute of Veterinary Research, Office of Rural Development
²College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University

개 파보바이러스성(性) 장염(腸炎)의 국내발생(國內發生)

이영옥¹, 최대영¹, 박봉균¹, 한홍율², 황의경², 유규연²

¹가축위생연구소
²서울대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

The disease syndrome characterized by the acute vomiting and diarrhea with high mortality had been greatly epidemic in Korea since June, 1931 and it was followed serologically and electron microscopically for the clarification of the agent. The agent present in feces of dogs associated with this syndrome had characteristic feature in agglutinating pig red blood cells that was specifically inhibited by anti-CPV reference dog serum. This also showed the serological identity with the reference CPV antigen in immuno-diffusion. Electron micrograph of the material revealed parvovirus particles with size of 20nm and icosahedral structure. These results clearly indicated that CPV was the primary cause of canine epidemic prevailing in 1981 in Korea.