Occurrence of African horse sickness in a domestic dog without apparent ingestion of horse meat

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dc.contributor.author Van Sittert, Sybrand J.
dc.contributor.author Drew, Tessa M.
dc.contributor.author Kotze, Johann L.
dc.contributor.author Strydom, Tom
dc.contributor.author Weyer, Camilla Theresa
dc.contributor.author Guthrie, Alan John
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-26T08:07:38Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-26T08:07:38Z
dc.date.issued 2013-09-13
dc.description.abstract This is the first case of African horse sickness (AHS) in a dog where there was no apparent ingestion of horse meat. Significantly, the dog was part of a colony that resides in a Good Clinical Practice and Good Laboratory Practice accredited facility where complete history, weather and feeding records are maintained. The dog died after a week-long illness despite therapy. The principal post-mortem findings were severe hydrothorax and pulmonary consolidation (red hepatisation of the lungs). Histopathology revealed severe oedema and congestion of the lungs, hyaline degeneration of the myocardium and congestion of the liver sinusoids. Immunohistochemistry detected AHS-positive staining granules in the myocardium, whilst a real-time reverse transcription quantitative Polymerase chain reaction assay of tissue samples was strongly positive for African horse sickness virus nucleic acid. Other dogs on the property showed a 43% seroconversion rate to AHS. en
dc.description.librarian am2014 en
dc.description.librarian ab2014
dc.description.sponsorship The National Veterinary Clinicians Group of the South African Veterinary Association en
dc.description.uri http://www.jsava.co.za en
dc.identifier.citation Van Sittert, S.J., Drew, T.M., Kotze, J.L., Strydom, T., Weyer, C.T. & Guthrie, A.J., 2013, ‘Occurrence of African horse sickness in a domestic dog without apparent ingestion of horse meat’, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 84(1), Art. #948, 5 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.948 en
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2809 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-9435 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.948
dc.identifier.other 7006535470
dc.identifier.other J-6375-2013
dc.identifier.other 0000-0001-7729-9918
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/36753
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher OpenJournals Publishing enUS
dc.rights © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en
dc.subject Domestic dogs en
dc.subject Horse meat en
dc.subject.lcsh Dogs -- Diseases en
dc.subject.lcsh African horse sickness (AHS) en
dc.subject.lcsh Orbivirus infections in animals en
dc.title Occurrence of African horse sickness in a domestic dog without apparent ingestion of horse meat en
dc.type Article en


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