Status on the incidence of coronaviral infection (CCoV) in canine cases of haemorrhagic gastroenteritis by rapid lateral flow assay (LFA) in Namakkal

Canine coronavirus causes mild to severe gastroenteritis in dogs of all age groups, and co-infection with other enteric infections, especially with canine parvoviral enteritis caused by CPV-2, could result in mortality in puppies.Considering the need for clinical differentiation from the most fatal CPV-2 infection, risk of emergence of new pathogenic strains of coronavirus in dogs or other species and need for consideration of CCoV as core or non-core vaccine, an incidence study was undertaken in Namakkal region.Faecal samples were collected from the dogs presented with haemorrhagic gastroenteritis and tested by lateral flow assay test kits.All the cases were found to be negative for CCoV infection and no incidence could be recorded from this region.