| suspected parvovirus infection in porcupines. | during a 142-day period, 6 porcupines died or were killed after becoming moribund. three had severe acute necrotizing enteritis; two had acute necrotizing myocarditis, one with concurrent lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis; and one had chronic enteritis. histologically, the acute necrotizing enteritis was characterized by villous fusion, blunting, and crypt dilatation. many dilated crypts contained necrotic debris and were lined by flattened enterocytes. acidophilic intranuclear inclusions were i ... | 1984 | 6096325 |