Experimental Infection of Goats with a Newly Isolated Strain of Akabane Virus that Causes Encephalomyelitis

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In 2010, there was a large-scale outbreak of bovine encephalomyelitis in Korea, and 15 new strains of Akabane virus (AKAV) were isolated. To identify the pathogenicity of one of these strains, we infected adult goats with AKAV-7 via different routes. Twenty-five female goats were used in this study and were divided into five groups: intracerebral (IC) and intrasubarachnoid (IS) viral inoculation (n = 8 each), intravenous (IV) inoculation (n = 4), and vaccinated before IV inoculation (n = 4), in addition to a negative control animal. All animals inoculated with AKAV-7 had AKAV-neutralizing antibodies at 6-8 days post infection (dpi). During the experimental period, infected animals showed no clinical signs. In the IC group, 5/8 goats had non-suppurative encephalomyelitis affecting the cerebrum. Virus S RNA segments were detected in nearly all areas of the brain. In the IS group, 3/8 goats had encephalomyelitis affecting the cerebrum, cerebellum and spinal cord. At 7 and 21 dpi, virus S RNA segments were found mostly in the spinal cord, especially around the area of injection (L5-L6). Antibody titres in the serum of the vaccinated group had an early onset and slightly increased titre compared with the IV group. Histopathologically, there were no obvious lesions in the central nervous tissues in the vaccinated group, while one of four goats in the IV group showed encephalomyelitis in the parietal lobe of the cerebrum. The newly isolated AKAV-7 can cause encephalomyelitis in goats after experimental injection. The attenuated AKAV vaccine currently used in Korea may provide partial protective immunity against AKAV-7 infection, but the real effect of the vaccine requires further investigation in goats.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:157

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Journal of comparative pathology - 157(2017), 2-3 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 220-229

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jeong, H [VerfasserIn]
Oem, J-K [VerfasserIn]
Yang, M-S [VerfasserIn]
Yang, D [VerfasserIn]
Kim, M-S [VerfasserIn]
Lee, K-H [VerfasserIn]
Lee, M-H [VerfasserIn]
Lim, C-W [VerfasserIn]
Kim, B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Akabane virus
Encephalomyelitis
Experimental infection
Goat
Journal Article
Vaccines, Attenuated
Viral Vaccines

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Date Completed 30.05.2018

Date Revised 30.05.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.05.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273503030