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SUBMITTER: Deim Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1899870 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire 20070701 3
The presence of Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) was investigated by several methods in 24 aborted bovine fetuses. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in situ DNA hybridization proved the presence of BoHV-4 DNA in 7 (29%) of the fetuses. The BoHV-4 genome was detected in the cytoplasm of splenic lymphocytes and monocytes, and sometimes in renal tubular epithelial cells or hepatic Kupffer cells, in all 7 PCR-positive fetuses. However, BoHV-4-specific monoclonal antibody failed to detect viral antige ...[more]