Table 1.
Raccoon | Sex | M/Ya | Siteb | Presentation | Encephalitisf | Pneumoniah | Other findings | EMCVk |
98-2645 | F | 8/98 | FPc | Euthanized | ++; Demyelination; axonal loss; few IBg | +++; Chronic; no IB | Lymphoid depletion (LNi); IB – other sites | - |
98-2646 | M | 8/98 | ZGd | Dead | - | ++; Sub-acute to chronic; no IB | IB – other sitesj | - |
98-2654 | M | 10/98 | ZG | Euthanized | Rare axonal loss | ++ | Ocular discharge; CDV in footpad ("Hardpad" disease); lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen) | - |
98-2655 | F | 10/98 | ZG | Dead | ++; IB common | None | Lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen); IB – other sites | - |
98-2666 | F | 12/98 | ZG | Euthanized | ++; Axonal loss; rare neuronal IB | ++; Chronic; no IB | Lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen); IB – other sites | - |
00-2601 | M | 1/00 | ZG | Euthanized | ++; Rare neuronal IB; severe axonal loss | None | IB – other sites | - |
01-2641 | M | 5/01 | OFPe | Euthanized | +; IB; syncytia in hippocampus | +++ with syncytia; IB | Lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen); IB – other sites | + brain, LN, spleen) |
01-2663 | F | 6/01 | ZG | Euthanized | None | +++ with syncytia; IB | Lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen); IB – other sites | - |
01-2676 | F | 7/01 | ZG | Euthanized | +; Axonal loss; neuronal necrosis; IB; syncytia in hippocampus | +++; IB | Lymphoid depletion (LN); IB – other sites | - |
01-2689 | F | 8/01 | ZG | Euthanized | +; IB | ++ with syncytia; IB | Lymphoid depletion (LN and spleen); IB – other sites; rhinitis; purulent conjunctivitis | - |
01-2690 | M | 8/01 | ZG | Euthanized | Rare neuronal necrosis; IB | None | Lymphoid depletion (LN); IB – other sites | + (spleen) |
aM/Y; Month and year animal examined by necropsy and specimens frozen.
bSite; Location where animal was trapped or found dead.
cFP; Forest preserve at border of zoo.
dZG; Zoo grounds.
eOFP; Off-site forest preserve
fEncephalitis: -, none; +, mild; ++, moderate.
gIB; Characteristic intracytoplasmic or intranuclear inclusion bodies formed by Canine distemper virus.
hPneumonia: +, mild; ++, moderate; +++, severe.
iLN; Lymph node.
JIB – other sites: Inclusion bodies in other epithelial sites.
kEMCV, Encephalomyocarditis virus.