Febre catarral maligna em bovinos no Rio Grande do Sul: transmissão experimental para bovinos e caracterização do agente etiológico / Malignant catarrhal fever in cattle in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: experimental transmission to cattle and characterization of the etiological agent
Garmatz, Shana L; Irigoyen, Luiz F; Rech, Raquel R; Brown, Corrie C; Zhang, Jian; Barros, Claudio S. L.
Pesqui. vet. bras;
24(2): 93-106, abr.-jun. 2004. ilus, tab
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em Português
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São relatados dois surtos de febre catarral maligna (FCM) em bovinos de duas propriedades rurais (A e B) do município de Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), a transmissão da doença a bovinos suscetíveis e a detecção de DNA viral de herpesvírus bovino-2 (OvHV-2) em tecidos de bovinos afetados. Os dois surtos ocorreram de novembro de 2001 a fevereiro de 2002 (Propriedade A) e de janeiro a fevereiro de 2003 (Propriedade B). O número de bovinos sob risco, as taxas de morbidade e de letalidade foram, respectivamente, 170, 10,59 por cento e 83,33 por cento na Propriedade A e 500, 2,4 por cento e 100 por cento na Propriedade B. Em ambas as propriedades havia contato de ovinos com os bovinos afetados, mas somente na Propriedade A havia ovelhas em parição. Nos bovinos afetados nas duas propriedades, a duração do curso clínico, os achados de necropsia e a histopatologia foram semelhantes. A maioria dos bovinos afetados morreu ou foi submetida à eutanásia in extremis após um curso clínico de 2 a 8 dias. Os sinais clínicos incluíam febre (40,5 e 41,5ºC), corrimento nasal e ocular, opacidade da córnea, conjuntivite, salivação, erosões e ulcerações em mucosas, diarréia, hematúria e distúrbios neurológicos. Foram realizadas onze necropsias...(AU)Two oubreaks of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) occurring in cattle on two farms (A and B) in the municipality of Santiago, state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, and the transmission of the disease to susceptible calves as well as the detection of ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) in tissues of affected cattle are reported. The two epizootics occurred from November 2001 to February 2002 (Farm A) and in January-February 2003 (Farm B). Numbers of cattle at risk, morbidity and letality rates were respectively 170, 10.59% and 83.33% for Farm A and 500, 2.4% and 100% for Farm B. Contact between affected cattle and sheep was detected in both farms, but lambing ewes were present only in farm A. Duration of clinical courses, gross findings and histopathology were the same for the affected cattle in both farms. Most affected cattle died or were euthanatized in extremis after a clinical course of 2-8 days. Clinical signs included fever (40.5 and 41.5°C), nasal and ocular discharge, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis, drooling, erosions and ulcerations of the mucosae, diarrhea, hematuria, and neurological disturbances. Eleven necropsies (9 on Farm A, 2 on Farm B) were performed. Gross lesions included erosions and ulcers affecting the mucosae of nasal turbinates, oral cavity, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts; hemorrhage and necrosis of the tip of the buccal papillae, lymph node enlargement, multifocal white foci in renal cortex, and hyperemia of leptomeninges. Microscopically, there were arteritis and fibrinoid degeneration in medium and small arteries and arterioles of multiple organs and tissues, necrosis and inflammation in several mucosal surfaces, keratitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, intersticial nephritis, and encephalitis. Transmission experiments were attempted in five calves (E1-E5) by inocculating each of them intravenously with 500 ml of whole heparinized blood from a MCF affected cow. The transmission was suscessful in at least three (E1-E3) ... (AU)
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