title: Isolation of a syncytium-forming virus from a goat with polyarthritis.
abstract: Virus particles, morphologically indistinguishable from maedi-visna virus or caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus, were detected in tissue explant cultures prepared post mortem from a goat with joint, lung and kidney lesions similar to those associated with the caprine arthritis-encephalitis complex. Serum from this goat and others in its herd of origin gave positive reactions in an agar gel immunodiffusion test for maedi-visna virus antibodies.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013577:Syndrome / Q000662:veterinary; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D014790:Visna-maedi virus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral