J Vet Med Sci . Seroprevalence of antibodies against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in household dogs in Japan

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J Vet Med Sci


. 2021 Sep 24.
doi: 10.1292/jvms.21-0338. Online ahead of print.
Seroprevalence of antibodies against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in household dogs in Japan


Genta Ito ¹ , Yuko Goto ² , Yudai Kuroda ³ , Park Eunsil ³ , Ken Reda ³ , Takehisa Soma ⁴ , Yasuyuki Momoi ¹



Affiliations

• PMID: 34556605
• DOI: 10.1292/jvms.21-0338

Abstract

We investigated the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among dogs in the Tokyo area via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the spike protein as the target antigen. Plasma samples from 494 household dogs and blood-donor dogs were tested from July 2020 to January 2021. Of these samples, three showed optical densities that were higher than the mean plus two standard deviations of the mean of the negative-control ODs. Of these three samples, only the sample with the highest optical density by ELISA was confirmed positive by virus neutralization testing. The positive dog presented no SARS-CoV-2-related symptoms. The positivity rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections among dogs in the Tokyo area was approximately 0.2%.

Keywords: antibody; coronavirus disease 2019; dog; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2