Malignant catarrhal fever-like lesions associated with ovine herpesvirus-2 infection in three goats

Björn Jacobsen; Kerstin Thies; Alexandra von Altrock; Christine Förster; Matthias König; Wolfgang Baumgärtner

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.037

Malignant catarrhal fever-like lesions associated with ovine herpesvirus-2 infection in three goats

Vet Microbiol. 2007 Oct 6;124(3-4):353-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.037. Epub 2007 Apr 29.

Authors

Björn Jacobsen¹, Kerstin Thies, Alexandra von Altrock, Christine Förster, Matthias König, Wolfgang Baumgärtner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Buenteweg 17, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.

PMID: 17543478
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.037

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / pathology
Brain / virology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Germany
Goat Diseases / pathology*
Goat Diseases / virology*
Goats
Herpesviridae Infections / pathology
Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary*
Herpesviridae Infections / virology
Malignant Catarrh / pathology*
Malignant Catarrh / virology*
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
Rhadinovirus / classification
Rhadinovirus / isolation & purification*