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Histopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular study of BHV-5 infection in the central nervous system of experimentally infected calves

2015; Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA); Volume: 35; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-736x2015000400004

1678-5150

Didier Quevedo Cagnini, Paulo Henrique Jorge da Cunha, J.C.F. Pantoja, Peres Ramos Badial, José P. Oliveira‐Filho, João Pessoa Araújo Júnior, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Alexandre Secorun Borges,

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Bovine meningoencephalitis caused by BHV-5, a double-stranded DNA enveloped virus that belongs to the family Herpesviridae and subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, is an important differential diagnosis of central nervous diseases. The aim of this study was to describe the histological changes in the central nervous system of calves experimentally infected with BHV-5 and compare these changes with the PCR and IHC results. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded central nervous system samples from calves previously inoculated with BHV-5 were microscopically evaluated and tested using IHC and PCR. All the animals presented with nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis. From 18 evaluated areas of each calf, 32.41% and 35.19% were positive by IHC and PCR, respectively. The telencephalon presented more accentuated lesions and positive areas in the PCR than other encephalic areas and was the best sampling area for diagnostic purposes. Positive areas in the IHC and PCR were more injured than IHC and PCR negative areas. The animal with neurological signs showed more PCR- and IHC-positive areas than the other animals.