[Identification of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus using histopathological, immunohistochemica, and ultrastructural examination of tissues from seropositive goats in Mexico].

This study demonstrated the presence of viral particles suggestive of arthritis-encephalitis virus through the clinic, serologic, pathologic, immunohistochemic and ultrastructural studies in dairy goats. In the postmortem studies the tissues used were: synovial membrane, lungs and mammary gland from goats with clinical signs characteristic of the disease and positive for serum antibodies to the virus.