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Bovine viral diarrhoea virus 1b infection associated with congenital tremor and hypomyelination in Holstein calves.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 2021
Gallina Laura, Koch Michel C, Gentile Arcangelo, Treglia Ida, Bombardi Cristiano, Mandrioli Luciana, Bolcato Marilena, Scagliarini Alessandra, Drögemüller Cord, Seuberlich Torsten, Ciulli Sara
Abstract excerpt
Hypomyelination is a rare consequence of in utero bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infection. We describe a BVDV outbreak in a naïve Holstein dairy herd in northern Italy, with an unusually high prevalence of calves with neurological signs, generalised tremors and ataxia. Histological analysis showed that hypomyelination was the predominant lesion and that the most typical BVDV neuropathological findings (e.g....
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