Abortion due to equine herpesvirus in southern Brazil
Braz. j. med. biol. res
;
27(6): 1317-1320, June 1994.
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in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-319773
ABSTRACT
We report an outbreak of abortion due to equine herpesvirus (EHV) in 5 mares between 9 and 11 months of gestation, from a herd of 22 Thoroughbred mares. Equine herpesvirus was isolated from extracts of the liver, spleen and thymus but not from the lungs of a 9-month fetus grown in Rabbit Kidney (RK13) cells. The virus was identified by electron microscopy, where virus particles could be seen in the nucleus of infected cells, and by the fluorescent antibody technique with polyclonal antibodies against the whole virus. Anamnesis, necropsy, histopathology, bacteriology, and virology data suggest that the abortions reported in this paper were due to equine herpesvirus.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Herpesvirus 1, Equid
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Herpesviridae Infections
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Abortion, Veterinary
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Horse Diseases
Limits:
Animals
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
/
Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)/BR
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