Results 1 to 10 of about 2,123 (197)
Maedi-Visna (MV) is a chronic progressive multisystem disease that may be asymptomatic for several months or years, but progress rapidly, and may result in death, when signs and symptoms evolve.
Marcos Vinícius Vieira +9 more
doaj +1 more source
A morphological, immunohistochemical and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) study was performed on eight ewes experimentally infected with an Italian strain of Maedi-Visna Virus (MVV) in order to evaluate the lesions and the viral distribution after three ...
S Preziuso +4 more
doaj +1 more source
As lentiviroses de Pequenos Ruminantes - LVPR (Artrite - encefalite Caprina - CAE e Maedi-Visna) acometem caprinos e ovinos e são caracterizadas por curso lento e progressivo, no qual a maioria dos animais acometidos não apresenta sintomatologia clínica.
Emmanuela T. de Arruda +4 more
doaj +1 more source
CHARACTERISTICS OF EPIZOOTOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, AND CONTROL OF SLOW VIRAL INFECTIONS IN SHEEP
A number of studies carried out in 1985 - 1995 in 50 sheep farms of the Yaroslavl Oblast using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests demonstrated 14% of sheep in large-scale industrial farm and 27% of sheep in small private holdings were ...
M. I. Gulyukin +2 more
doaj
Host Restriction of Lentiviruses and Viral Countermeasures: APOBEC3 and Vif
It is becoming increasingly clear that organisms have developed a variety of mechanisms to fight against viral infection. The viruses have developed means of counteracting these defences in various ways.
Valgerdur Andrésdóttir +1 more
doaj +1 more source
The production performance of a livestock herd can be compromised by various diseases. In sheep, maedi-visna (MV) infections, which have a chronic nature, are caused by a virus (maedi-visna virus (MVV)) belonging to the genus Lentivirus of the ...
Samilly Mesquita Alves +9 more
doaj +3 more sources
Immunogenetics of Small Ruminant Lentiviral Infections
The small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) include the caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) and the Maedi-Visna virus (MVV). Both of these viruses limit production and can be a major source of economic loss to producers.
Nancy Stonos +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Bahia state has the second largest sheep population in Brazil, and among the diseases that affect these animals, it is included Maedi-Visna virus which needs special care due to the considerable increase in the risk on disseminating this Lentivirus, by ...
Priscila Martinez Martinez +3 more
doaj
The introduction of new breeds, aiming at increasing productivity, caused the change in the health profile of herds. Among the diseases introduced in Brazil lentiviroses of small ruminants (LVPR) stand out,represented by caprine arthritis encephalitis ...
PRISCILA MARTINEZ MARTINEZ +5 more
doaj
Clinical and diagnostic study of ovine chronic progressive pneumonia (Maedi-Visna) in sheep of Basrah, Iraq [PDF]
In the current study 135 blood samples from local breed sheep (3-5 years old) and of both sexes, raised in Basrah, Iraq, was collected. The suspected animals showed signs of chronic pneumonia, anorexia, emaciation, progressive emaciation, and chronic ...
Kamal M. AlSaad +3 more
doaj +1 more source

