title: Abortion due to equine herpesvirus in southern Brazil.
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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weiblen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabuske
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rebelatto
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Nobre
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Canabarro
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004861:Herpesvirus 1, Equid / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011247:Pregnancy; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral