Document Detail


Identification of picobirnavirus, viruses with bisegmented double stranded RNA, in rabbit faeces.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8588095     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Picobirnaviruses are a novel group of viruses recently found in the faeces of several species of vertebrates. Examination by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of rabbit faecal samples collected in one animal facility revealed the viruses in 23 (11 per cent) of 211 samples. Further analysis by electron microscopy and caesium chloride isopycnic centrifugation confirmed the presence of picobirnaviruses in the samples. The oral inoculation of three newly weaned rabbits with purified viruses resulted in the excretion of a virus with an electropherotype similar to the inoculum, by two of the three inoculated animals. Maximal viral shedding was detected 13 days after inoculation. No sign of diarrhoea was observed either in the inoculated animals or in the virus excreting animals surveyed. No antibody activity could be detected in the paired serum samples taken from the inoculated animals.
Authors:
J E Ludert; L Abdul-Latiff; A Liprandi; F Liprandi
Related Documents :
196575 - Differences in multiplication of virulent and vaccine strains of poliovirus type i, ii,...
4019065 - Impairment in auditory and visual function follows perinatal viral infection in the rat.
6307225 - Infection of laboratory rats with a new cytomegalo-like virus.
14498985 - Expression of ifn-gamma induced cxcr3 agonist chemokines and compartmentalization of cx...
14614275 - Tissue distribution of bovine viral diarrhea virus antigens in persistently infected ca...
21782205 - Herpes simplex virus 1 micrornas expressed abundantly during latent infection are not e...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Research in veterinary science     Volume:  59     ISSN:  0034-5288     ISO Abbreviation:  Res. Vet. Sci.     Publication Date:  1995 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-03-28     Completed Date:  1996-03-28     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401300     Medline TA:  Res Vet Sci     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  222-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biology of Viruses, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antibodies, Viral / analysis,  immunology
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / veterinary
Feces / virology*
Female
Microscopy, Immunoelectron / veterinary
Picobirnavirus / genetics,  immunology,  isolation & purification*
RNA, Double-Stranded / analysis*,  genetics
RNA, Viral / analysis*,  genetics
Rabbits / virology*
Virus Diseases / diagnosis,  genetics,  veterinary*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antibodies, Viral; 0/RNA, Double-Stranded; 0/RNA, Viral

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Hydropericardium syndrome in broiler chickens: its contagious nature and pathology.
Next Document:  Validation of the determination of the activity of adenosine deaminase in the body effusions of cats...