RESUMO

Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is increasingly believed to be responsible for several disorders of the bovine reproductive tract. The first characterization of BoHV-4 in Argentina was from samples from an aborted fetus. Argentinean isolates are highly diverse and are phylogenetically grouped in three genotypes. In this study, we describe the isolation of BoHV-4 from a bovine fetus with a gestational age of 8 months and without macroscopic lesions. Genetic analyses revealed that the isolated strain belongs to genotype 2. This is the first report on the presence of infectious BoHV-4 in tissues from an aborted bovine fetus.

Assuntos

Feto Abortado/virologia , Aborto Animal/virologia , Doenças dos Bovinos/virologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/veterinária , Herpesvirus Bovino 4/genética , Herpesvirus Bovino 4/isolamento & purificação , Aborto Animal/epidemiologia , Animais , Argentina/epidemiologia , Sequência de Bases , Bovinos , Doenças dos Bovinos/epidemiologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/epidemiologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/virologia , RNA Viral/genética