title: Cowpox virus infection associated with a streptococcal septicaemia in a foal.
abstract: Cowpox virus infection associated with a streptococcal septicaemia was diagnosed in a weak German Warmblood filly, born 29 days prematurely, and humanely destroyed on the sixth day of life. At necropsy, ulcerative lesions in the alimentary tract, colitis, polyarthritis and nephritis were observed. Transmission electron microscopical examination of specimens from ulcerative lesions revealed typical orthopox virions. Cowpox virus was unequivocally identified by virological and molecular-biological methods.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ellenberger
authors.forename: K-F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Schüppel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möhring
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reischauer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alex
authors.forename: C-P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fercho
authors.forename: H-A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Schoon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015605:Cowpox / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral