Cowpox Virus Infection Associated with a Streptococcal Septicaemia in a Foal

• Published in: Journal of comparative pathology Vol. 132; no. 1; pp. 101 - 105
• Main Authors: Ellenberger, C., Schüppel, K.-F., Möhring, M., Reischauer, A., Alex, M., Czerny, C.-P., Fercho, A., Schoon, H.-A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 2005
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; bacteremia; bacterial infection; case studies; complications; Cowpox - complications; Cowpox - pathology; Cowpox - veterinary; cowpox virus; Cowpox virus - genetics; Cowpox virus - isolation & purification; Cowpox virus - ultrastructure; DNA, Viral - analysis; Fatal Outcome; Female; foals; horse; Horse Diseases; Horses; Inclusion Bodies - ultrastructure; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - veterinary; Sepsis - microbiology; Sepsis - pathology; Sepsis - veterinary; Streptococcal Infections - complications; Streptococcal Infections - pathology; Streptococcal Infections - veterinary; Streptococcus equi - isolation & purification; Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; Ulcer - pathology; Ulcer - virology; viral infection; horse; cowpox virus; viral infection; bacterial infection; Streptococcus zooepidemicus
• ISSN: 0021-9975; 1532-3129
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2004.06.005

Cowpox virus infection associated with a streptococcal septicaemia was diagnosed in a weak German Warmblood filly, born 29 days prematurely, and humanely destroyed on the sixth day of life. At necropsy, ulcerative lesions in the alimentary tract, colitis, polyarthritis and nephritis were observed. Transmission electron microscopical examination of specimens from ulcerative lesions revealed typical orthopox virions. Cowpox virus was unequivocally identified by virological and molecular-biological methods.