Fan Zhang, Chunxia Chai, Rui Niu, Yun Diao, Yanyan Zhou, Jinlong Zhang, Lin Feng, Chunming Yao, Youzhi Wu, Yanhua Ma, Xiaohui Zan, Wei Wang
BACKGROUND: Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is implicated in severe diarrhea in calves and contributes to the bovine respiratory disease complex; it shares a close relationship with human coronavirus. Similar to other coronaviruses, remarkable variability was found in the genome and biology of the BCoV. In 2022, samples of feces were collected from a cattle farm. A virus was isolated from 7-day-old newborn calves. In this study, we present the genetic characteristics of a new BCoV isolate. The complete genomic, spike protein, and nucleocapsid protein gene sequences of the BCoV strain, along with those of other coronaviruses, were obtained from the GenBank database...
May 18, 2024: BMC Veterinary Research