title: Hobi-like pestivirus in aborted bovine fetuses.
abstract: An outbreak of abortion affecting multiparous cows was associated with Hobi-like pestivirus infection. Viral RNA and antigens were detected in the tissues of two aborted fetuses. Molecular assays for other common abortogenic agents tested negative. At the genetic level, the Hobi-like pestivirus displayed the closest relatedness to Italian, Australian, and South American viruses, whereas it diverged from the prototype Thai isolate. These findings may have important implications for the pestivirus control/eradication programs in cattle herds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano (Bari), Italy. n.decaro@veterinaria.uniba.it
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Decaro
authors.forename: Maria Stella
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lucente
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mari
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciarretta
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018182:Pestivirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral