Detection of multiple viral infections in cattle and buffalo with suspected vesicular disease in Brazil.

Detection of multiple viral infections in cattle and buffalo with suspected vesicular disease in Brazil.

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2016 May 6;

Authors: Laguardia-Nascimento M, Sales ÉB, Gasparini MR, de Souza NM, da Silva JA, Souza GG, Carani FR, Dos Santos AF, Rivetti Júnior AV, Camargos MF, Fonseca Júnior AA

Abstract
Vesicular diseases are of high importance for livestock, primarily because of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which is a high-morbidity disease that generates direct losses caused by low milk production, weight loss, and indirect losses because of the need for sanitary barriers. Other vesicular diseases are also of importance for livestock because of direct impacts or because their clinical signs may be confused with those of FMD. The aim of our study was to report the detection of multiple infections in cattle with suspected vesicular disease in the Brazilian states of Amazonas (AM), Mato Grosso (MT), and Roraima. Thirty-seven epithelial samples from cattle and 1 sample from a buffalo were sent to the laboratory for diagnostic testing for FMD and similar diseases. All samples from MT were positive for parapoxvirus (Pseudocowpox virus and Bovine papular stomatitis virus). In addition, 3 samples were positive for Bluetongue virus, and 5 samples were positive for Bovine herpesvirus 1 Among these samples, 1 was positive for all of these 3 agents. Only 2 samples from AM were negative for parapoxvirus. The molecular tests conducted in this study detected multiple infections, with a high prevalence of parapoxvirus.

PMID: 27154321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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