Resultado da pesquisa (12)
Termo utilizado na pesquisa viral disease
#11 - Febre catarral maligna em bovinos no Rio Grande do Sul: transmissão experimental para bovinos e caracterização do agente etiológico
Abstract in English:
Garmatz S.L., Irigoyen L.F., Rech R.R., Brown C.C., Zhang J. & Barros C.S.L. 2004. [Malignant catarrhal fever in cattle in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Experimental transmission to cattle and characterization of the etiological agent.] Febre catarral maligna em bovinos no Rio Grande do Sul: transmissão experimental para bovinos e caracterização do agente etiológico. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 24(2):93-106. Depto Patologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. E-mail: claudioslbarros@uol.com.br
Two oubreaks of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) occurring in cattle on two farms (A and B) in the municipality of Santiago, state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, and the transmission of the disease to susceptible calves as well as the detection of ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) in tissues of affected cattle are reported. The two epizootics occurred from November 2001 to February 2002 (Farm A) and in January-February 2003 (Farm B). Numbers of cattle at risk, morbidity and letality rates were respectively 170, 10.59% and 83.33% for Farm A and 500, 2.4% and 100% for Farm B. Contact between affected cattle and sheep was detected in both farms, but lambing ewes were present only in farm A. Duration of clinical courses, gross findings and histopathology were the same for the affected cattle in both farms. Most affected cattle died or were euthanatized in extremis after a clinical course of 2-8 days. Clinical signs included fever (40.5 and 41.5°C), nasal and ocular discharge, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis, drooling, erosions and ulcerations of the mucosae, diarrhea, hematuria, and neurological disturbances. Eleven necropsies (9 on Farm A, 2 on Farm B) were performed. Gross lesions included erosions and ulcers affecting the mucosae of nasal turbinates, oral cavity, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts; hemorrhage and necrosis of the tip of the buccal papillae, lymph node enlargement, multifocal white foci in renal cortex, and hyperemia of leptomeninges. Microscopically, there were arteritis and fibrinoid degeneration in medium and small arteries and arterioles of multiple organs and tissues, necrosis and inflammation in several mucosal surfaces, keratitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, intersticial nephritis, and encephalitis. Transmission experiments were attempted in five calves (E1-E5) by inocculating each of them intravenously with 500 ml of whole heparinized blood from a MCF affected cow. The transmission was suscessful in at least three (E1-E3) of the experimental calves which became sick after an incubation period of 15-27 days. Four experimental calves either died or were euthanatized in extremis after a clinical course which varied from 3 days to 8 weeks. The remaining experimental calf (E5) recovered from a mild disease and was euthanatized 14 weeks after inocculation. Necropsies were performed in all five calves. Clinical signs, necropsy and histopathological findings of three calves (E1-E3) were characteristic of MCF. OvHV-2 viral DNA was detected by the polimerase chain reaction (PCR) test in paraffin embedded tissues from seven cattle out of the 11 spontaneous MCF cases and from three experimental calves (E1-E3). PCR tests resulted negative in the remaining four of the 11 spontaneous MCF cases tested and in two (E4,E5) of the five experimental calves. Immunohistochemistry performed in sections of lymphoid tissue from calf E4 failed to detect BVD virus antigen. The experimental transmission of MCF and the characterization of the etiological agent as OvHV-2 were successfully attempted in cattle for the first time in Brazil.
Abstract in Portuguese:
Garmatz S.L., Irigoyen L.F., Rech R.R., Brown C.C., Zhang J. & Barros C.S.L. 2004. [Malignant catarrhal fever in cattle in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Experimental transmission to cattle and characterization of the etiological agent.] Febre catarral maligna em bovinos no Rio Grande do Sul: transmissão experimental para bovinos e caracterização do agente etiológico. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 24(2):93-106. Depto Patologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. E-mail: claudioslbarros@uol.com.br
Two oubreaks of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) occurring in cattle on two farms (A and B) in the municipality of Santiago, state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, and the transmission of the disease to susceptible calves as well as the detection of ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) in tissues of affected cattle are reported. The two epizootics occurred from November 2001 to February 2002 (Farm A) and in January-February 2003 (Farm B). Numbers of cattle at risk, morbidity and letality rates were respectively 170, 10.59% and 83.33% for Farm A and 500, 2.4% and 100% for Farm B. Contact between affected cattle and sheep was detected in both farms, but lambing ewes were present only in farm A. Duration of clinical courses, gross findings and histopathology were the same for the affected cattle in both farms. Most affected cattle died or were euthanatized in extremis after a clinical course of 2-8 days. Clinical signs included fever (40.5 and 41.5°C), nasal and ocular discharge, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis, drooling, erosions and ulcerations of the mucosae, diarrhea, hematuria, and neurological disturbances. Eleven necropsies (9 on Farm A, 2 on Farm B) were performed. Gross lesions included erosions and ulcers affecting the mucosae of nasal turbinates, oral cavity, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts; hemorrhage and necrosis of the tip of the buccal papillae, lymph node enlargement, multifocal white foci in renal cortex, and hyperemia of leptomeninges. Microscopically, there were arteritis and fibrinoid degeneration in medium and small arteries and arterioles of multiple organs and tissues, necrosis and inflammation in several mucosal surfaces, keratitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, intersticial nephritis, and encephalitis. Transmission experiments were attempted in five calves (E1-E5) by inocculating each of them intravenously with 500 ml of whole heparinized blood from a MCF affected cow. The transmission was suscessful in at least three (E1-E3) of the experimental calves which became sick after an incubation period of 15-27 days. Four experimental calves either died or were euthanatized in extremis after a clinical course which varied from 3 days to 8 weeks. The remaining experimental calf (E5) recovered from a mild disease and was euthanatized 14 weeks after inocculation. Necropsies were performed in all five calves. Clinical signs, necropsy and histopathological findings of three calves (E1-E3) were characteristic of MCF. OvHV-2 viral DNA was detected by the polimerase chain reaction (PCR) test in paraffin embedded tissues from seven cattle out of the 11 spontaneous MCF cases and from three experimental calves (E1-E3). PCR tests resulted negative in the remaining four of the 11 spontaneous MCF cases tested and in two (E4,E5) of the five experimental calves. Immunohistochemistry performed in sections of lymphoid tissue from calf E4 failed to detect BVD virus antigen. The experimental transmission of MCF and the characterization of the etiological agent as OvHV-2 were successfully attempted in cattle for the first time in Brazil.
#12 - An outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever in cattle in Rio Grande do Sul
Abstract in English:
An outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever occurring in Julio de Castilhos county, Rio Gra.nde do Sul, Brazil during the fall of 1973 is described. ln a group of 200 mixed breed, 3 and a half to 4 and a half years old cattle which were herded along with sheep, 40 (20%) were affected. Clinical signs included depression, mucopurulent nasal discharge, lacrimation, corneal opacity, blindness drooping of saliva, hyperemia of oral, nasal and ocular mucosae with ulceration in the first two, diarrhea and nervous symptomas such as incoordination and recumbency. All affected animals died within 1-4 days. Post-mortem examinations performed in two of those animals revealed mucosal inflammation, necrosis and ulceration; swollen lymph nodes, swollen liver with accentuated reticular pattern; small pale foci in both kidneys and subepicardic and subendocardic hemorrhages. Main histopathological features included 1) proliferation and infiltration of mononuclear cells in many organs including lymph nodes, brain, liver, eye, kidney, alimentary and respiratory tract; 2) necrotic vasculitis with mononuclear accumulations in the adventitia of vessels and; 3) necrotic and ulcerative lesions in the mucosal lining epithelia of several organs. The diagnosis of malignant catarrhal fever was based on clinical and post-mortem observations and especially histopathological changes.
Abstract in Portuguese:
É descrito um surto enzoótico de Febre Catarral Maligna em bovinos do município de Júlio de Castilhos, Rio Grande do Sul, no outono de 1973. De um grupo de 200 bovinos mestiços com idades variando entre 3 e meio e 4 e meio anos e em associação com ovinos, adoeceram 40 (20%) animais. Os sinais clínicos incluíam depressão, corrimento nasal mucopurulento, lacrimejamento, opacidade da córnea, cegueira, sialorréia, hiperemia da mucosa oral, nasal e conjuntiva com ulcerações e hemorragias nas duas primeiras, opacidade da córnea, diarréia e sintomas nervosos como incoordenação e decúbito. Todos os animais que adoeceram, morreram dentro de 1 a 4 dias. A necropsia realizada em dois desses animais revelou inflamação, necrose e ulcerações das mucosas, aumento dos linfonódios, aumento do fígado com proeminência do desenho da lobulação hepática, pontos esbranquiçados nos rins e hemorragia subepicárdicas e subendocárdicas. Na histopatologia os achados mais importantes incluíam 1) lesões proliferativas e infiltrativas de células mononucleares em vários órgãos incluindo linfonódios, cérebro, cerebelo, fígado, trato digestivo e trato respiratório; 2) vasculite necrótica com infiltrado mononuclear na túnica adventícia dos vasos e 3) lesões necróticas e inflamatórias dos epitélios de revestimento das mucosas de vários órgãos. O diagnóstico de Febre Catarral Maligna foi firmado baseando-se nos dados clínicos, anátomo-patológicos e, principalmente, histopatológicos.
