| Literature DB >> 35080698 |
Claudia Esposito1, Filomena Fiorito2, Gianluca Miletti1, Francesco Serra1, Anna Balestrieri1, Barbara Cioffi1, Claudia Cerracchio2, Giorgio Galiero1, Esterina De Carlo1, Maria Grazia Amoroso3, Giovanna Fusco1.
Abstract
A six-year study on water buffaloes from the Campania Region (Southern Italy) was conducted to evaluate the presence of bovine/bubaline herpesviruses in cases of abortion. A total of 244 buffalo foetuses were analysed by real-time PCR to detect the presence of: bovine alphaherpesvirus 1(BoHV-1), bubaline alphaherpesvirus 1 (BuHV-1), bovine alphaherpesvirus 2 (BuHV-2), and bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4). The foetuses of 14 water buffaloes that showed abortions were positive for BuHV-1 (4 animals) and/or BoHV-4 (11 animals), with one of these cases showing co-infection with BuHV-1 and BoHV-4. This study reports the first identification of BoHV-4 in water buffaloes. Cases of abortion were analysed using both molecular and cultural assays for the presence of other pathogens. In nearly all the abortion cases positive for BoHV-4, the virus was identified as a co-infecting agent together with other microorganisms, whereas in two abortion cases, it was the only pathogen found.Entities:
Keywords: Abortive agent; Herpesvirus; Real time PCR; Water buffalo
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Year: 2022 PMID： 35080698 DOI： 10.1007/s11259-022-09887-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Res Commun ISSN： 0165-7380 Impact factor: 2.816