Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research
Outbreak of Severe Vomiting in Dogs Associated with a Canine Enteric Coronavirus, United Kingdom
Alan D. Radford
, David A. Singleton, Chris Jewell, Charlotte Appleton, Barry Rowlingson, Alison C. Hale, Carmen Tamayo Cuartero, Richard Newton, Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Danielle Greenberg, Beth Brant, Eleanor G. Bentley, James P. Stewart, Shirley Smith, Sam Haldenby, P.-J. M. Noble, and Gina L. Pinchbeck
, David A. Singleton, Chris Jewell, Charlotte Appleton, Barry Rowlingson, Alison C. Hale, Carmen Tamayo Cuartero, Richard Newton, Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Danielle Greenberg, Beth Brant, Eleanor G. Bentley, James P. Stewart, Shirley Smith, Sam Haldenby, P.-J. M. Noble, and Gina L. Pinchbeck
Table 2
Veterinary- and owner-reported case questionnaire responses pertaining to signalment, health history, contacts, and feeding habits among dogs with vomiting, United Kingdom, January 2017–February 2020*
| Question | Veterinarian-reported cases, n = 165 |
Owner-reported cases, n = 1,034 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Responses (95% CI) | No. unknown | % Responses (95% CI) | No. unknown | ||
| Veterinary practice location | |||||
| England | 80.6 (74.6–86.7) | NA | 89.8 (87.9–91.6) | NA | |
| Wales | 12.1 (7.1–17.1) | NA | 4.5 (3.2–5.7) | NA | |
| Scotland | 4.9 (1.6–8.1) | NA | 4.5 (3.2–5.7) | NA | |
| North Ireland | 1.2 (0.0–2.9) | NA | 1.1 (0.4–1.7) | NA | |
| Republic of Ireland | 1.2 (0.0–2.9) | NA | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | NA | |
| Isle of Man |
0 |
NA |
0.2 (0.0–0.5) |
NA |
|
| Sex | |||||
| F | 42.4 (34.9-50.0) | NA | 43.7 (40.7-46.7) | NA | |
| M | 57.6 (50.0–65.1) | NA | 56.3 (53.3–59.3) | NA | |
| Neutered‡ | 69.1 (62.0–76.2) | NA | 70.1 (67.3–72.9) | NA | |
| Intact‡ |
30.9 (23.8-37.9) |
NA |
29.9 (27.1-32.7) |
NA |
|
| Vaccinated within past 3 y† | 94.6 (91.1–98.0) | NA | 88.4 (86.5–90.4 | 13 | |
| Distemper | 92.7 (88.8–96.7) | NA | 49.7 (46.7–52.8) | NA | |
| Infectious hepatitis | 92.1 (88.0–96.2) | NA | 40.4 (37.4–43.4) | NA | |
| Parvo | 92.1 (88.0–96.2) | NA | 55.4 (52.4–58.5) | NA | |
| Parainfluenza | 53.9 (46.3–61.6) | NA | 37.4 (34.5–40.4) | NA | |
| Leptospirosis | 92.7 (88.8–96.7) | NA | 49.2 (46.2–52.3) | NA | |
| Kennel cough | 46.7 (39.0–54.3) | NA | 40.4 (37.4–43.4) | NA | |
| Rabies | 2.4 (0.1–4.8) | NA | 1.3 (0.6–1.9) | NA | |
| Herpes |
0.6 (0.0–1.8) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Dewormed within past 3 mo |
86.2 (80.5–92.0) |
27 |
69.8 (67.0–72.7) |
50 |
|
| Lives in multidog household | 34.6 (27.3–41.8) | NA | 47.4 (44.3–50.4) | NA | |
| >1 dogs in household vomited |
54.4 (41.3–67.4) |
NA |
55.9 (51.5–60.3) |
NA |
|
| Regular contact with other species† | 54.9 (46.1–63.8) | 43 | 44.1 (41.1–47.1) | NA | |
| Cats | 64.2 (52.6–75.8) | NA | 62.3 (57.8–66.7) | NA | |
| Horses | 20.9 (11.1–30.7) | NA | 28.3 (24.2–32.4) | NA | |
| Cattle or sheep or both | 25.4 (14.9–35.9) | NA | 22.2 (18.3–26.0) | NA | |
| Pigs | 3.0 (0.0–7.1) | NA | 1.5 (0.4–2.7) | NA | |
| Poultry | 13.4 (5.2–21.7) | NA | 14.0 (10.8–17.2) | NA | |
| Rabbits | 7.5 (1.1–13.8) | NA | 5.7 (3.6–7.8) | NA | |
| Other species |
11.9 (4.1–19.8) |
NA |
20.6 (16.9–24.3) |
NA |
|
| Contact with other vomiting species |
13.5 (7.1–19.9) |
54 |
17.4 (14.6–20.2) |
320 |
|
| Recent travel history† | 31.4 (23.0–39.8) | 47 | 26.7 (24.0–29.4) | NA | |
| Boarding kennel | 8.1 (0.0–17.0) | NA | 9.1 (5.7–12.5) | NA | |
| Group training/behavior classes | 24.3 (10.3–38.3) | NA | 35.5 (29.9–41.2) | NA | |
| Doggie day care facility | 48.7 (32.3–65.0) | NA | 39.5 (33.7–45.3) | NA | |
| Overseas | 2.7 (0.0–8.0) | NA | 0.7 (0.0–1.7) | NA | |
| Rescue kennel | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | NA | 0.4 (0.0–1.1) | NA | |
| Other |
18.9 (6.1–31.7) |
NA |
20.3 (15.5–25.0) |
NA |
|
| Provided known food type† | 95.2 (91.9–98.4) | 8 | 100.0 (100.0–100.0) | NA | |
| Proprietary dog food | 95.5 (92.3–98.8) | NA | 85.9 (83.8–88.0) | NA | |
| Home-cooked diet | 6.4 (2.5–10.2) | NA | 10.4 (8.6–12.3) | NA | |
| Raw meat | 5.1 (1.6–8.6) | NA | 15.9 (13.6–18.1) | NA | |
| Table scraps | 14.7 (9.1–20.2) | NA | 16.1 (13.8–18.3) | NA | |
| Scavenged food | 36.6 (28.7–44.4) | 20 | 19.9 (17.4–22.4) | 24 | |
*NA, not available. ‡Includes both female and male animals. †Multiple responses for the same dog are possible.
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