Journal article
Investigation of the presence of human or bovine respiratory syncytial virus in the lungs of mink (Neovison vison) with hemorrhagic pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
Section for Virology, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev and Gentofte3
Division of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Section of Fur Animal Diseases and Wildlife, Division of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
Background Hemorrhagic pneumonia is a disease of farmed mink (Neovison vison) caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The disease is highly seasonal in Danish mink with outbreaks occurring almost exclusively in the autumn. Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been shown to augment infection with P. aeruginosa in mice and to promote adhesion of P. aeruginosa to human respiratory cells.
Findings We tested 50 lung specimens from mink with hemorrhagic pneumonia for bovine RSV by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and for human RSV by a commercial real-time PCR. RSV was not found. Conclusions This study indicates that human and bovine RSV is not a major co-factor for development of hemorrhagic pneumonia in Danish mink.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 70 |
| ISSN: | 17510147 and 0044605x |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1751-0147-54-70 |
| ORCIDs: | Larsen, Lars Erik |
Hemorrhagic pneumonia Mink Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory syncytial virus SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
<it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</it> Animal Husbandry Animals Coinfection Denmark Lung Pneumonia Pseudomonas Infections RNA, Viral Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction SF600-1100 Veterinary medicine
