Hinrichs U, van de Poel H, van den Ingh T S
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
J Comp Pathol. 1999 Aug;121(2):191-6. doi: 10.1053/jcpa.1999.0309.
A necrotizing pneumonia was observed in a domestic cat which had a clinical history of severe respiratory distress. Histology, immunohistology and electronmicroscopy revealed poxvirus as the causative agent. By the polymerase chain reaction and gene sequencing, an orthopox virus with 93% homology to cowpox virus was identified.