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Cerebral Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Infection of Cattle Is Associated With a Variable Neuropathological Phenotype.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Mar 2021
Hierweger Melanie M, Boujon Céline L, Kauer Ronja V, Meylan Mireille, Seuberlich Torsten, Oevermann Anna
Abstract excerpt
Cross-species infection with ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) in cattle causes malignant catarrhal fever (MCF). MCF may involve the central nervous system (CNS) with necrotizing arteritis and/or vasculitis described to be unique to MCF and discriminatory compared to other viral CNS infections. However, a systematic histopathological characterization of the neural form of MCF in cattle is lacking. We examined medulla...
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