title: Malignant catarrhal fever-like lesions associated with ovine herpesvirus-2 infection in three goats.
abstract: This is the first description of malignant catarrhal fever-like lesions associated with ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) infection in goats with central nervous symptoms. The diagnosis was based on typical histological lesions characterized by systemic lymphohistiocytic and fibrinoid vasculitis and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent phylogenetic analysis of the detected OvHV-2 sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Buenteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thies
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Altrock
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Förster
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baumgärtner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008304:Malignant Catarrh / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D018144:Rhadinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*