Viral participation in respiratory disease in feedlot cattle, as identified by inmunohistochemistry

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FRANCISCO J. TRIGO TAVERA
GILBERTO CHÁVEZ GRIS
FELIPE JUÁREZ BARRANCO
RAÚL E. VARGAS GARCÍA

Abstract

BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN FEEDLOT CATTLE IS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ECONOMIC LOSS. AMONG THE POSSIBLE AGENTS, ONE CAN MENTION: INFECTIOUS BOVINE RESPIRATORY VIRUS (IBR), PARAINFLUENZA 3 VIRUS (PI3) AND BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (BRSV). THESE RESPIRATORY DISEASES HAVE BEEN WIDELY STUDIED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, HOWEVER, IN MEXICO, THERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION ON THE PARTICIPATION OF THESE AGENTS IN BOVINE PNEUMONIAS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE PARTICIPATION OF THESE AGENTS OF BOVINE PNEUMONIAS IN FEEDLOT CONDITIONS. FORTY-EIGHT PNEUMONIC SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FOR PATHOLOGIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES FROM A FEEDLOT FARM LOCATED IN CULIACAN, IN THE STATE OF SINALOA, IN MEXICO. EXUDATIVE PNEUMONIAS REPRESENT
Keywords:
BOVINE FEEDLOT PNEUMONIA VIRUS

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