Isolation of cervid herpesvirus 1 from the genital tract of a farmed red deer in Northern France

Julien Thiry; Lorène Dams; Benoît Muylkens; Etienne Thiry

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.11.021

Isolation of cervid herpesvirus 1 from the genital tract of a farmed red deer in Northern France

Vet J. 2011 Feb;187(2):282-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.11.021. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

Authors

Julien Thiry¹, Lorène Dams, Benoît Muylkens, Etienne Thiry

Affiliation

¹ Virology and Viral Diseases, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

PMID: 20031457
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.11.021

Abstract

In autumn 2008, several captive red deer in the North of France were found to be serologically positive for a ruminant alphaherpesvirus. A viral isolate obtained from the genital mucosa of a female red deer was characterised by sequencing and restriction endonuclease analyses as a cervid herpesvirus 1 closely related to Scottish Banffshire 82 strain.

MeSH terms

Alphaherpesvirinae / genetics
Alphaherpesvirinae / isolation & purification*
Animals
Animals, Domestic / virology*
Deer / virology*
Female
France
Genitalia, Female / virology*
Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary
Herpesviridae Infections / virology
Mucous Membrane / virology