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The demonstration of cell-free malignant catarrhal fever herpesvirus in wildebeest nasal secretions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

E. Z. Mushi ,
P. B. Rossiter ,
L. Karstad  and
D. M. Jessett
E. Z. Mushi
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Muguga, P. O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya and Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya
P. B. Rossiter
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Muguga, P. O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya and Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya
L. Karstad
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Muguga, P. O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya and Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya
D. M. Jessett
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Department, Muguga, P. O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya and Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya
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Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) herpesvirus was isolated from the nasal secretions of 4/11 young wildebeest calves. In two cases virus was demonstrated in filtered secretions. The presence of cell-free MCF virus would suggest that the virus can be transferred from wildebeest to wildebeest and into cattle in nasal secretions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , October 1980 , pp. 175 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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