Cytomegalovirus infection in a pig in South Africa.
An 8-week-old piglet with dyspnoea, bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge and mouth breathing was euthanased and a necropsy was performed. Apart from histological evidence of diffuse rhinitis, large intranuclear inclusion bodies, pathognomonic forporcine cytomegalovirus infection, were detected within mucous glands on the nasal turbinates. This is the first such case to be diagnosed in South Africa.
Collett
M G
MG
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. m.g.collett@massey.ac.nz
Roberts
D C
DC
D000818:Animals; D003587:Cytomegalovirus; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus / Q000821:virology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D013019:South Africa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D014420:Turbinates