First report of fesavirus 4 detection from cats in Japan

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 86; no. 9; pp. 986 - 991
• Main Authors: Shwe Thiri MAUNG MAUNG KHIN, SHEIKHI, Mohammad Jafar, TAKEMAE, Hitoshi, MIZUTANI, Tetsuya, FURUYA, Tetsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 2024; Japan Science and Technology Agency; The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
• Subjects: animal shelter; Animal shelters; Animals; Cat Diseases - diagnosis; Cat Diseases - virology; cat feces sample; Cats; DNA probes; DNA sequencing; DNA viruses; Feces; Feces - virology; Female; fesavirus 4; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - veterinary; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Next-generation sequencing; Nucleotide sequence; picorna-like virus; Picornaviridae - classification; Picornaviridae - genetics; Picornaviridae - isolation & purification; Picornaviridae Infections - diagnosis; Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology; Picornaviridae Infections - veterinary; Picornaviridae Infections - virology; Polymerase chain reaction; RNA viruses; RNA, Viral - genetics; Shelters; Virology; Viruses; Japan; cat feces sample; animal shelter; picorna-like virus; next-generation sequencing; fesavirus 4

Fesaviruses, picorna-like RNA viruses, were discovered in 2014 in feces from cats in an animal shelter in the United States but have not since been reported elsewhere. In this study, we collected cat fecal samples from 20 adult cats from an animal shelter in Tokyo, Japan, and examined them for viral...