Acute herpesvirus-gastritis in a cat
Breuer, W.; Hermanns, W.
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 110(4): 158-160
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-6593 PMID: 12756957 Document Number: 562779
Gastritis in cats is caused, among other things, by infectious agents, like bacteria, metazoic parasites or viruses. Herpesvirus-gastritis has not as yet been documented in cats. Therefore in this paper such a case will be described. In this case the mucous membrane of the stomach shows multifocal acute necroses with evidence of intranuclear inclusion bodies in epithelial cells of the gastric glands. By means of electron microscopy the causative virus can be specified as herpesvirus.