Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Type 2-Induced Meningoencephalitis in a Heifer

The brain from a 15-month-old, black female Angus, with a 48-hour history of central nervous system disease, was submitted to the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Microscopic findings consisted of acute, multifocal meningoencephalitis, with neuronal degeneration and necrosis and gliosi...

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Published in:Veterinary pathology 2004-03, Vol.41 (2), p.190-194
Main Authors: Blas-Machado, U., Saliki, J. T., Duffy, J. C., Caseltine, S. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brain - pathology
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - virology
Diarrhea Virus 2, Bovine Viral
Female
Immunohistochemistry
Meningoencephalitis - veterinary
Meningoencephalitis - virology
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Summary:The brain from a 15-month-old, black female Angus, with a 48-hour history of central nervous system disease, was submitted to the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Microscopic findings consisted of acute, multifocal meningoencephalitis, with neuronal degeneration and necrosis and gliosis. Viral isolation yielded noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). Virus genotyping classified the virus as BVDV type 2. Immunohistochemical labeling for BVDV antigens with BVD MAb 3.12F1 clone was prominent in the cytoplasm of neurons, glial cells, ependymal epithelium, perivascular macrophages and spindle cells, smooth muscle cells, and intravascular monocytes of the cerebrum and brain stem. Laboratory results support that tissue alterations occurred as a result of BVDV type 2 infection. In the absence of other clinical signs related to BVDV infection and using the microscopic and laboratory evidence presented, we propose that the BVDV type 2 isolated from this case may represent a neurovirulent strain of the virus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of brain lesions and neuronal viral antigen localization in BVDV genotype 2 viral infection, acquired either congenitally or postnatally.
ISSN:0300-9858
1544-2217
DOI:10.1354/vp.41-2-190