Virological and histological findings in goats infected by caprine herpesvirus 1.
Two adult goats seropositive to caprine herpesvirus 1 were treated with dexamethasone for 6 days to reactivate the virus. The goats shed the virus by the nasal and the vaginal routes. After necropsy, the histologic examinations on vaginal and nasal mucosa and ganglia showed general degenerative and flogistic lesions of the tissues. The findings confirm the respiratory and especially genital tropism of the virus.
Tempesta
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Department of Animal Health and Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bari, Valenzano, Italy.
Greco
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G
Camero
M
M
Bozzo
G
G
Guarda
F
F
Buonavoglia
C
C
D000818:Animals; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D018140:Varicellovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014775:Virus Activation / Q000187:drug effects
D004279:DNA, Viral; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone