An outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever in Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor)
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Encephalitis induced by a newly discovered ruminant rhadinovirus in a free-living Formosan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoei).
We documented a case of a free-living Formosan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoei) infected with a newly discovered ruminant Rhadinovirus (RuRv). Non-purulent encephalitis was the primary histological lesion of the sambar deer. We conducted nested PCR to screen for herpesvirus using generic primers targeting the DNA polymerase gene. In addition, we found that DNA polymerase gene of the sambar ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1678-5150,0100-736X
DOI: 10.1590/1678-5150-pvb-5794