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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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