Immunohistochemical screening for viral agents in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with myelopathy

Shibly, S; Schmidt, P; Robert, Nadia; Walzer, C; Url, A (2006). Immunohistochemical screening for viral agents in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with myelopathy. Veterinary record, 159(17), pp. 557-61. London: British Veterinary Association 10.1136/vr.159.17.557

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Numerous cases of acute-onset progressive ataxia, hindlimb paresis and paralysis of unknown aetiology occurred during 1993 to 2003 in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) within the European Endangered Species Programme (eep). This study describes the immunohistochemical investigation of a possible viral aetiology of the "cheetah myelopathy". Antibodies to feline herpesvirus type 1, canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus and Borna disease virus were applied to formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded brain and spinal cord sections from 25 affected cheetahs aged between three-and-a-half months and 13 years. Using the avidin-biotin complex technique, none of the antibodies gave positive immunosignals in either the brain or the spinal cord tissue.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Robert, Nadia

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0042-4900

Publisher:

British Veterinary Association

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:50

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:15

Publisher DOI:

10.1136/vr.159.17.557

PubMed ID:

17056652

Web of Science ID:

000241720100013

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/21121 (FactScience: 5046)

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