Bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BHV-5) in a calf with rabies


Autoria(s): Spilki,Fernando R.; Franco,Ana C.; Teixeira,Marjorie B.; Esteves,Paulo A.; Schaefer,Rejane; Schmidt,Eduardo; Lemos,Ricardo A.; Roehe,Paulo M.
Data(s)

01/01/2003

Resumo

The brain of an one year old male calf which died with signs of neurological disease was submitted to the laboratory for rabies diagnosis. Microscopical findings included moderate mielitis, mild meningoencephalitis with perivascular cell cuffing and Negri inclusion bodies in Purkinje cells of the cerebellum. Rabies virus infection was further confirmed by the direct fluorescent antibody test as well as by mouse inoculation. In addition, a herpesvirus was isolated from brain tissues. The isolate was antigenic and genetically characterized as bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BHV-5). It was not possible to determine whether BHV-5 played an active role in the outcome of the infection, since, the virus might have been present in a latent form in neural tissues. This is the first report of a mixed rabies/ BHV-5 infection in calves.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2003000100001

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal - CBPA. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)

Fonte

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira v.23 n.1 2003

Palavras-Chave #Bovine herpesvirus type 5 #BHV-5 #rabies
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journal article