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| Silva,Adriana M. da; Flores,Eduardo F.; Weiblen,Rudi; Canto,Marister C.; Irigoyen,Luiz F.; Roehe,Paulo M.; Sousa,Renato S. de. |
| This article describes the main aspects of bovine herpesvirus type-5 (BHV-5) neurologic infection and disease in rabbits, a candidate animal model for studying BHV-5 neuropathogenesis. Intranasal inoculation of weanling rabbits with a Brazilian BHV-5 isolate produced neurological disease and death in 78.8% (26/33) of the animals. Neurological signs started as early as 5 days post-inoculation and lasted from 10-12 hours up to several days. Most animals evolved to a moribund state or death within 24 (69.2%) to 48 hours (88.5%). Neurological disease was characterized by excitability or depression, tremors, bruxism, walking or running in circles, backward arching of the head and body, incoordination, backward and sideways falling, paddling, profound depression... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bovine herpesvirus type-5; BHV-5; Meningoencephalitis; Rabbits; Animal model. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37141999000100005 |
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