Multiple abortions associated with caprine herpesvirus infection in a goat herd.
Herpesvirus infection of pregnant goats may result in abortion of fetuses without other signs of infection in does. Fetuses aborted as a result of caprine herpesvirus infection have tissue necrosis and intranuclear inclusion bodies in multiple organs.
Williams
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Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40511, USA.
Vickers
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ML
Tramontin
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Petrites-Murphy
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Allen
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GP
D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000821:virology; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011247:Pregnancy
D000914:Antibodies, Viral