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First report of malignant catarrhal fever in a captive pudu (Pudu puda).
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Research in veterinary science [Res Vet Sci] 2015 Apr; Vol. 99, pp. 212-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 25. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A male, six-year-old pudu (Pudu puda) from an Italian zoo was submitted for postmortem examination after sudden death. Necroscopy revealed non-suppurative bronchopneumonia and degeneration of the liver and haemorrhagic lesions of the thymus, pericardium and spleen. Microscopically, multifocal perivascular mononuclear cell infiltrates were observed in the kidneys, lungs, spleen, and the portal triads of the liver. Histological examination of the brain showed meningitis, vasculitis and perivascular cuffs of mononuclear inflammatory cells. A region of the DNA polymerase gene of malignant catarrhal fever viruses was amplified by real-time PCR and nested PCR. PCR products from the tissue samples were sequenced and analysed. The sequences showed 99% similarity with a portion of the caprine herpesvirus 2 DNA polymerase gene. This is the first report of malignant catarrhal fever in a captive pudu.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Animals
DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase genetics
DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase metabolism
Fatal Outcome
Gammaherpesvirinae genetics
Herpesviridae Infections pathology
Herpesviridae Infections virology
Malignant Catarrh virology
Molecular Sequence Data
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Viral Proteins genetics
Viral Proteins metabolism
Animals, Zoo
Antelopes
Gammaherpesvirinae isolation & purification
Herpesviridae Infections veterinary
Malignant Catarrh pathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-2661
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Research in veterinary science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25769443
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.02.010