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

dc.contributor.authorVan Sittert, Sybrand J.
dc.contributor.authorDrew, Tessa M.
dc.contributor.authorKotze, Johann L.
dc.contributor.authorStrydom, Tom
dc.contributor.authorWeyer, Camilla Theresa
dc.contributor.authorGuthrie, Alan John
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-26T08:07:38Z
dc.date.available2014-02-26T08:07:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-13
dc.description.abstractThis 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.librarianam2014en
dc.description.librarianab2014
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Veterinary Clinicians Group of the South African Veterinary Associationen
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsava.co.zaen
dc.identifier.citationVan 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.v84i1.948en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2809 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-9435 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/jsava.v84i1.948
dc.identifier.other7006535470
dc.identifier.otherJ-6375-2013
dc.identifier.other0000-0001-7729-9918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/36753
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOpenJournals PublishingenUS
dc.rights© 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en
dc.subjectDomestic dogsen
dc.subjectHorse meaten
dc.subject.lcshDogs -- Diseasesen
dc.subject.lcshAfrican horse sickness (AHS)en
dc.subject.lcshOrbivirus infections in animalsen
dc.titleOccurrence of African horse sickness in a domestic dog without apparent ingestion of horse meaten
dc.typeArticleen

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