AUTHOR=Yang Shixing , He Yumin , Chen Xu , Kalim Ullah , Wang Yan , Yang Shuyu , Qi Haifeng , Cheng HengZheng , Lu Xiang , Wang Xiaochun , Shen Quan , Zhang Wen 

TITLE=Viral Metagenomics Reveals Diverse Viruses in the Feces Samples of Raccoon Dogs

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.693564

DOI=10.3389/fvets.2021.693564

ISSN=2297-1769

ABSTRACT=Raccoon dogs as an ancient species of Canidae are the host of many viruses, like rabies virus, canine distemper virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and so on. With the development of raccoon dog breeding in recent years, some viruses which infected poultry or pigs were also detected from raccoon dogs. At present, the fecal virome of raccoon dogs were rarely studied. Using an unbiased viral metagenomics approach, we investigated the feces virome in raccoon dogs collected from one farm of Jilin Province, China. Many DNA or RNA viruses identified in those fecal samples were mainly from seven families of Circoviridae, Smacoviridae, Genomoviridae, Parvoviridae, Picornaviridae, Astroviridae, and Hepeviridae. This study increased our understanding of the viral composition in raccoon dogs and provide first-hand information for the monitoring, prevention and treatment of viral diseases of raccoon dogs.