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dc.contributor.authorGagnon, Carl A.
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Josée
dc.contributor.authorLarochelle, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorMusic, Nedzad
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Donald
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-08T14:29:04Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONfr
dc.date.available2015-07-08T14:29:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1866/12192
dc.subjectFishersfr
dc.subjectFisher herpesvirusfr
dc.subjectherpesvirusfr
dc.subjectMartes pennantifr
dc.subjectskinfr
dc.subjectulcerfr
dc.titleIdentification of a novel herpesvirus associated with cutaneous ulcers in a fisher (Martes pennanti)
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Montréal. Faculté de médecine vétérinairefr
UdeM.statutProfesseur(e) / Professorfr
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1040638711418615
dcterms.abstractOn December 8, 2008, a male fisher (Martes pennanti) housed in a quarantine enclosure at the St-Félicien Zoo was found dead with multiple skin ulcers on the muzzle and plantar pads. At necropsy, no major findings were found, and a specific cause of death was not determined microscopically. However, at the borders of ulcerated sites, there were increased numbers of koilocytes, with perinuclear vacuolation and nuclear enlargement. A pan-herpesvirus nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was conducted, and an expected PCR product of 230 nucleotides was obtained within tissues collected from around the skin ulcers. Other tissues, including intestines and pool of lung, liver, and kidney, tested negative. The obtained PCR amplicon was sequenced and was highly related to the partial viral DNA polymerase (DPOL) gene of Mustelid herpesvirus 1. Virus isolation was negative, and no virion was detected by electron microscopy. The pathogenic potential of this novel herpesvirus and its role in the death of the fisher are unknown.fr
dcterms.isPartOfurn:ISSN:1943-4936
dcterms.isPartOfurn:ISSN:1040-6387
dcterms.languageeng
UdeM.VersionRioxxVersion originale de l'auteur·e / Author's Original
oaire.citationTitleJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation
oaire.citationVolume23
oaire.citationIssue5
oaire.citationStartPage986
oaire.citationEndPage990


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