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Pinheiro IAB, Dias BP, Ferreira JM, dos Santos AJF, Moron SE, Silva GMDL, de Lima LBD, de Cordova FM. Bovine herpesvirus meningoencephalitis in the State of Tocantins, Brazil. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 2024; 46:e004023. [PMID: 38298374 PMCID: PMC10829934 DOI: 10.29374/2527-2179.bjvm004023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Three outbreaks of herpesvirus meningoencephalitis in cattle have been reported in three municipalities in the northern region of the State of Tocantins, Brazil. In one outbreak, 41 predominantly young bovines were affected, with 2-3 deaths in some cases. The animals showed neurological signs of incoordination, blindness, and recumbency, with death occurring within approximately 4-5 d. At necropsy, hyperemia and leptomeningeal hemorrhages were observed in the brain. Histology revealed more intense lesions in the rostral portions of the brain, mainly affecting the frontoparietal cerebral cortex, with nonsuppurative encephalitis and meningitis, glial nodules, neuronophagia, and eosinophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies in the astrocytes and neurons. This study shows the presence of bovine herpesvirus in Tocantins, probably the highly neurotropic type 5 strain, and emphasizes its importance in the differential diagnosis of bovine neuropathies.
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- Ilgner Aimar Bezerra Pinheiro
- Undergraduate in Veterinary Medicine, Liga Acadêmica Veterinária de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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- Undergraduate in Veterinary Medicine, Liga Acadêmica Veterinária de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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- Veterinarian, Núcleo de Estudos Avançados em Geoprocessamento e Estatística, Agência de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Tocantins, Palmas, TO, Brazil
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- Veterinarian, Núcleo de Estudos Avançados em Geoprocessamento e Estatística, Agência de Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Tocantins, Palmas, TO, Brazil
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- Biologist, Laboratório de Morfofisiologia e Bioquímica de Peixes Neotropicais, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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- Biologist, Laboratório de Morfofisiologia e Bioquímica de Peixes Neotropicais, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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- Biologist, Laboratório de Morfofisiologia e Bioquímica de Peixes Neotropicais, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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- Veterinarian, Laboratório de Patologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Araguaína, TO, Brazil
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Pinto AMV, Leite JPG, Marinho RS, Forezi LDS, Batalha PN, Boechat FDC, Cunha AC, Silva DO, Gama IL, Faro LV, de Souza MC, Paixão ICP. Antiviral activity of 4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide derivatives against bovine herpesvirus type 5. Antivir Ther 2019; 25:13-20. [PMID: 31538962 DOI: 10.3851/imp3329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bovine herpesvirus type 5 is an important agent of meningoencephalitis in cattle and has been identified in outbreaks of bovine neurological disease in several Brazilian states. In recent years, oxoquinoline derivatives have become an important focus in antiviral drug research. METHODS The cytotoxicity and anti BoHV-5RJ42/01 activity of a set of synthetic 4-oxoquinoline derivatives 4a-k were assayed on Madin-Darby Bovine Kidney cell and antiviral activity by plaque reduction assay. RESULTS The most promising substance (4h) exhibited CC50 and EC50 values of 1,239 µM ±5.5 and 6.0 µM ±1.5, respectively, with an SI =206. Two other compounds 4j (CC50 = 35 µM ±2 and EC50 = 24 µM ±7.0) and 4k (CC50= 55 µM ±2 and EC50 = 24 µM ±5.1) presented similar inhibitory profile and selectivity indexes of 1.4 and 2.9, respectively. The results of the time-of-addition studies revealed expressive reduction of virus production (≥80%) in different stages of virus replication cycle except for compound 4h that slightly inhibited virus yield in the first 2 h post infection, but it showed expressive virus inhibition after this time. CONCLUSIONS All three compounds slightly interact with the virus on the virucidal assay and they are not able to block virus attachment and penetration. Antiviral effect of oxoquinoline 4h was more prominent than acyclovir which leads us to suggest compound 4h as a promising molecule for further anti-BoHV-5 drug design.
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- Ana Maria V Pinto
- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Professor Hernani Melo, Niterói, Brazil.,Laboratório de Virologia Comparada e Ambiental, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia e de Neurologia/Neurociências, Campus do Valonguinho, Niterói, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Comparada e Ambiental, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Professor Hernani Melo, Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Química, Campus do Valonguinho - Centro - Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Pós-graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia e de Neurologia/Neurociências, Campus do Valonguinho, Niterói, Brazil
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Pupin RC, Leal PV, Paula JP, Guizelini CC, Möck TB, Lemos RAA, Gomes DC. Cattle diseases in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: a 24-year survey (1995-2018). PESQUISA VETERINÁRIA BRASILEIRA 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-5150-pvb-6384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT: We reviewed the records of 5,083 cattle necropsies performed from January 1995 to December 2018 and filed at the Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology (LAP) of the “Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul” (UFMS). These necropsies were performed either by LAP-UFMS faculty (22.33%) or by field veterinary practitioners (77.67%) who subsequently submitted material for histological evaluation at the LAP-UFMS. Conclusive diagnoses were reached in 46.21% of the protocols (2,349 cases), and approximately 65% of the cases were classified as inflammatory or parasitic diseases, with rabies being the most diagnosed disease (20.82% of total conclusive diagnosis). There were a large number of protocols in which the diagnosis was of nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis of unknown cause (NSMUC). Those were the main differentials for rabies and bovine herpesvirus-5 necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME); that is, the number of rabies cases may be even higher if one considers that many cases of NSMUC might be undiagnosed rabies cases. Toxic and toxic-infectious diseases were the second most prevalent category, and botulism cases represented 41% of this category. The other categories corresponded to less than 20% of the total diagnoses and were distributed in decreasing order of frequency as degenerative diseases (9.79%), diseases caused by physical agents (3.87%), other diseases (2.13%), neoplasms and tumor-like lesions (1.79%), metabolic or nutritional disorders (1.75%) and congenital malformations (0.64%). The large number of inconclusive diagnoses was mainly due to improper conditions of mailed-in material for histopathological evaluation, namely, nonrepresentative samples of all organs, autolysis, and the absence of epidemiological and clinical-pathological information.
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