http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24447852 Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):284-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.130543. Genetic characterization of coronaviruses from domestic ferrets, Japan. Terada Y, Minami S, Noguchi K, Mahmoud HY, Shimoda H, Mochizuki M, Une Y, Maeda K. Abstract We detected ferret coronaviruses in 44 (55.7%) of 79 pet ferrets tested in Japan and classified the viruses into 2 genotypes on the basis of genotype-specific PCR. Our results show that 2 ferret coronaviruses that cause feline infectious peritonitis-like disease and epizootic catarrhal enteritis are enzootic among ferrets in Japan. KEYWORDS: Japan, coronaviruses, domestic ferret, ferret, genetic characterization, genotype, pets, viruses PMID: 24447852 [PubMed - in process] PubMed Commons home PubMed Commons [Posted in FML 8025]