ATCC? Number:VR-867?
Classification: Nidovirales, Coronaviridae, Coronavirus, Group 1
Agent: Feline coronavirus deposited as Feline infectious peritonitis virus
Strain: Dahlberg
Original Source: Liver from cat with infectious peritonitis
Depositors: AD Osterhaus
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : domestic cat; 1 day old suckling mice, i.c. inoculation cat; suckling mouse; rat; hamster, i.c. inoculation
Incubation : Duration: 7 days in sM
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: dose-dependent growth retardation in suckling mice or rats Yes, in vivo effects: peritonitis or subclinical infection in cats
Comments : Antigenic relationship (one way) with TGE virus in immunofluorescence test.
References : 33967: Osterhaus AD, et al. Feline infectious peritonitis virus. II. Propagation in suckling mouse brain. Zbl. Vet. Med. 25: 301-307, 1978. PubMed: 211754 33968: Horzinek MC, et al. Feline infectious peritonitis virus. Zbl. Vet. Med. 24: 398-405, 1977. PubMed: 878736