README file
Data Set Title: “Dataset of dog and cat population tested for Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1, Canine mastadenovirus and Circovirus canine nucleic acids”
Dataset authors: Andrea Balboni (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy); 
Lorenza Urbani (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy);
Mihaela Niculae (Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania);
Cosmin Muresan (Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania);
Veronica Facile (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy);
Martina Magliocca (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy);
Mara Battilani (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy).

Data Set Contact Persons: Andrea Balboni (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), email: a.balboni@unibo.it; Lorenza Urbani (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), email: lorenza.urbani2@unibo.it; Veronica Facile (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), email: veronica.facile2@unibo.it; Mara Battilani (Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna), email: mara.battilani@unibo.it 

Data Set License: this data set is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Publication Year: 2025

Project Info: 
This study received funding from the European Union - Next-GenerationEU - National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) – MISSION 4 COMPONENT C2, INVESTIMENT N. 1.1, CALL PRIN 2022 PNRR D.D. 1409 14-09-2022 – P2022FR49N Exploring the virome of domestic dogs and cats COVDC (Comprehending virome of domestic carnivores): exploring the viral diversity of domestic carnivores and One Health implications CUP N. J53D23014340001
Data set Contents
The data set consists of:
•	1 tabular qualitative file in .xlsx format
PRIN2022PNRR_P2022FR49N-COVDC_DNAvirusesROMANIA_2025.xlsx
•	1 readme file in .rtf format
PRIN2022PNRR_P2022FR49N-COVDC_DNAvirusesROMANIA_2025_README.rtf

Data set Documentation
Abstract
The dataset contains signalment data, vaccination and clinical status, and diagnostic data of a population of 89 companion animals (56 dogs and 33 cats) from Romania collected in 2019-2021 tested for the presence of DNA viruses (Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1, Canine mastadenovirus and Circovirus canine) at the Department of Veterinary Medical Science of the University of Bologna.

Content of the files 
File PRIN2022PNRR_P2022FR49N-COVDC_DNAvirusesROMANIA_2025.xlsx contains signalment, clinical and diagnostic data of 89 dogs and cats collected in 2019-2021 from Romania and tested for the presence of Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1, Canine mastadenovirus and Circovirus canine nucleic acid at the Department of Veterinary Medical Science of the University of Bologna. Specifically, information about the species, the sex, the age, the breed, the habitat and geographical origin, the year of sampling, the vaccination status, the clinical status and the qPCR results are indicated for each tested animal. For positive animals the Ct and mean quantity, expressed in copies/µl, are also reported for each DNA virus. 

Methodologies 
Real-time PCR assays reported by Balboni et al. (2018), Balboni et al. (2015) and De Arcangeli et al. (2020) were used to respectively detect Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1, Canine mastadenovirus, and Circovirus canine DNA in fecal samples of the population included.