Table 1 The clinical information and pathogen examination results of three snow leopards.

From: Feline herpesvirus infection and pathology in captive snow leopard

Snow leopards

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Age

 > 10y

 > 10y

 ~ 10y

Gender

Male

Female

Male

Background disease

Cataract

The right leg fracture

ND

Clinical symptoms

Sneezing, rhinorrhea and convulsion

Sneezing, rhinorrhea and anuria

Sneezing and rhinorrhea

Outcome

Dead

Dead

Recovery but died 5 month later

Detection of suspicious pathogens

CDV

 − 

 − 

 − 

FHV-1

 + 

 + 

 + 

FIPV

 − 

 − 

 − 

FPLV

 − 

 − 

 − 

FeLV

 − 

 − 

 − 

FCV

 − 

 − 

 − 

Mycoplasma

 − 

 − 

 − 

Chalmydia

 − 

 − 

 − 

SFTSV

 − 

 − 

 − 

Detection of FHV-1

Nasal swab

 + 

 + 

 + 

Tonsil

 − 

ND

ND

Lung

 + 

 + 

ND

liver

 − 

 − 

ND

Spleen

 − 

 − 

ND

Kidney

 − 

 − 

ND

Brain

 − 

ND

ND

  1. +, positive; −, negative; ND, No data. The method of detection of suspicious pathogens is real-time qPCR. The method of detection of FHV-1 in tissues is PCR.