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Costa,E.A.; Vasconcelos,A.C.; Bomfim,M.R.Q.; Amorim,H.B.; Lima,G.B.L.; Coelho,F.M.; Resende,M.. |
A nested PCR assay was used to diagnose bovine encephalitis through herpesviruses including bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV-5), bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), Aujeszky's disease virus (SHV-1), and ovine herpesvirus 2 (OHV-2) in 14 fragments of central nervous system (CNS) from cattle that died with neurological signs. In addition, as some samples of bovine herpesvirus type 4 (BHV-4) have been isolated from neural tissue, it was also tested by nested PCR. The cases of encephalitis occurred in isolation at different times of the year and did not present any seasonality. The duration of the clinical course ranged between 1 to 15 days, and in 64.3% of the cases it manifested between 1 to 2 days. The most frequently observed neurological signs were ataxia, recumbency,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Bovine herpesvirus 4; Central nervous system; Encephalitis. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352011000400006 |
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Costa,E.A.; Lima,G.B.L.; Castro,R.T.; Furtini,R.; Portilho,R.V.; Resende,M.. |
Um garanhão da raça Brasileiro de Hipismo, de 12 anos de idade, apresentou um quadro neurológico complexo, que se assemelhava, em vários aspectos, aos sinais neurológicos causados pelo herpesvírus eqüino 1 (EHV-1), variando desde uma suave ataxia à completa paralisia dos posteriores. O animal morreu com menos de 12 horas após o início dos sinais nervosos. O diagnóstico de EHV-1 foi feito pela detecção do DNA viral no sistema nervoso central por meio da reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) e posterior sequenciamento. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Equine herpesvirus 1; Neurological signs; Clinical case; Diagnosis. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352008000600044 |
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