Steen, Margareta
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
During the years 1985 to 1987, 689 moose (Alces alces L.) collected throughout Sweden were necrop-sied at the National Veterinary Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. Sixty-eight of those investigated had catarrhal to hemorrhagic enteritis, atrophied lymphoid organs, and/or numerous erosive, uclerative, necrotizing lesions of the digestive mucosa. Histopathology of the mucous membranes revealed marked inter- and intracellular oedema, erosions, ulcers and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Neither Bovine Virus Diarrhoea/Mucosal Disease (BVD/MD) or Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus could be isolated from the diseased animals. It is suggested that the syndrome resembling BVD/MD complex, may have been caused by an yet unidentified virus.
Keywords
Alces alces L.; Bovine Virus Diarrhoea/Mucosal Disease (BVD/MD); Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus; intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies; moose; Swed
Published in
Rangifer
1993, volume: 13, number: 3, pages: 149-156
SLU Authors
Faber, William
- Department of Wildlife Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Wildlife Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Associated SLU-program
Sámi and reindeer husbandry related research
UKÄ Subject classification
Infectious Medicine
Ecology
Microbiology
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/69925