Balanoposthitis in bulls due to bovine herpervirus in South Brazil
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 24(8): 773-5, 1991.
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| ID: lil-102062
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ABSTRACT
We describe an acute outbreak of balanoposthitis in bulls at an artificial insemination station in South Brazil. Bovine herpesvirus was isolated from preputial swabs in the Crandell feline kidney cell line and secondary fetal bovine lung cells and identified using the fluorescent antibody technique and electron microscopy. Polyclonal antibodies against the whole virus were used for identification of the bovine herpesvirus with the fluorescent antibody technique. Herpesvirus particles could be seen in the infected cells by electron microscopy. Eleven bulls had clinical signs resembling balanoposthitis and nine yelded virus
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Balanite (Inflamação)
/
Doenças dos Bovinos
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Infecções por Herpesviridae
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article