Original scientific paper

Congenital cerebellar hypoplasia associated with BVD-MD virus infection in a naturally infected calf

Recai Tunca
Rifki Haziroglu
Tolga Guvenc
Osman Kutsal
Sule Yurdagul Ozsoy

Abstract

The objectives of the present study were to describe pathomorphological and immunohistochemical features
of congenital cerebellar hypoplasia associated with natural BVD-MD virus infection in a Holstein-Friesian calf.
The characteristic macroscopical lesion was cerebellar hypoplasia, almost completely absent, with hydrocephaly.
Cerebellar changes were cortical destruction, destructive changes of granule and Purkinje cells and irregular
cavity formation of the folia. The positive antibody reaction against the BVD-MD virus was observed in the
CNS, but not in the eyes and peripheral nerves.

Keywords

cerebellar hypoplasia; bovine viral diarrhoea-mucosal disease; calf

Hrčak ID:

5154

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/5154

Publication date:

20.10.2006.

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