An erosive/ulcerative alimentary disease of undetermined etiology in Swedish moose (Alces alces L.)

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

• Steen, Margareta

  • Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Faber, William

  • Department of Wildlife Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Infectious Medicine
Ecology
Microbiology


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