Abstract
A frozen, stillborn alpaca (Lama pacos) was submitted to the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for diagnostic purposes. No gross or histopathologic changes of any significance were seen. A pool of lung, liver, and brain tissues was positive for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. On inoculation in cell cultures, a noncytopathic BVDV (type 1b) was isolated. No evidence of BVDV was seen on immunohistochemical examination of tissues. This indicates the importance of using multiple tests for arriving at a diagnosis and appears to be the first report of BVDV isolation from alpaca.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 523-525 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2002 |