Isolation and Identification of Bovine Viral Diarrhea/Mucosal Disease Virus (BVD/MD Virus) from an Atypical Case Resembling Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF)

A preliminary report on the isolation of bovine malignant catarrhal fever virus in Iran

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)

Despite the severe pathological changes that occur in animals affected by MCF the pathogenesis remains to be fully elucidated. What is certain, however, is that the lesions do not arise through direct virus-induced cytopathology as there is no evidence of herpesvirus cytopathic effects and very little evidence of viral antigen or nucleic acid can be found in them. Consequently, numerous authors...

A preliminary report on the isolation of bovine malignant catarrhal fever virus in Iran.

An outbreak of malignant catarrhal fever occurred among dairy cattle arld calves of varying ages on a farm near Teheran in January 1970. Sill.ty per c~nt of the animais were seriously affected and nine per cent died. Blindness, purulent nasal discharge and lacrimation were the most common symptoms. ~ orne pregnant cows aborted. Laboratory tests proved that neither brucellosis 1I0r vibriosis was...

a preliminary report on the isolation of bovine malignant catarrhal fever virus in iran

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Isolation and Identification of Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus in Cell Cultures

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a fatal disease syndrome responsible for mortality in domestic and wild ruminant species. MCF is caused by gammaherpesviruses – the ovine herpesvirus type 2 causing sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) and alcelaphine herpesvirus type 1 known as wildebeest-associated MCF (WA-MCF). The present study described the cultural peculiarities of MCF vir...