| phylogeography, phylodynamics and transmission chains of bovine viral diarrhea virus subtype 1f in northern italy. | bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) type 1 in italy is characterized by high genetic diversity, with at least 20 subtypes. subtype 1f is endemic in a restricted geographic area, meaning that it has local distribution. we investigated the population dynamics of bvdv-1f in northern italy and characterized the transmission chains of a subset of samples from piedmont and aosta valley regions. a total of 51 samples from 1966 to 2013 were considered and 5' utr sequences were used for phylogeography. a ... | 2016 | 27619057 |
| abortion in cattle due to infection with staphylococcus lugdunensis. | an aborted fetus of 7 months gestation, the associated placenta, and a single blood sample from the dam were submitted for diagnostic investigation to the diagnostic laboratory of the lombardy and emilia-romagna experimental zooprophylactic institute in parma, italy. the serum was negative for neospora caninum, coxiella burnetii, chlamydophila abortus, bovine herpesvirus 1 (bhv-1), bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv), brucella abortus, and brucella melitensis. fetal tissues and placental cotyledo ... | 2014 | 25292193 |