Pseudorabies virus infection in hunting dogs in Oita,Japan: Report from a
prefecture free from Aujeszky’s disease in domestic pigs |
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Authors: | Chiho KANEKO Yasuyuki KANEKO Putu Eka SUDARYATMA Hirohisa MEKATA Yumi KIRINO Ryoji YAMAGUCHI Tamaki OKABAYASHI |
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Abstract: | We isolated two pseudorabies virus (PRV) isolates (designated OT-1 and OT-2) from two hunting dogs exhibiting neurological manifestations after eating the flesh of wild boar hunted in Oita prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. The isolates corresponded to a previously reported PRV (MY-1 strain) isolated from a hunting dog in neighboring Miyazaki prefecture, and it clustered into genotype II based on the glycoprotein C sequence. Our results suggest that this common PRV strain may have been maintained in wild boars on Kyushu Island even though domestic pigs in this area have attained an Aujeszky’s disease-free status. |
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Keywords: | Aujeszky’ s disease (AD), hunting dog, pseudorabies virus (PRV), wild boar |
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