The isolation and cultivation of calf rotavirus in the Republic of South Africa.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res, 1979/6;46(2):65-9.
Theodoridis A, Prozesky L, Els HJ
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Abstract
Calf rotavirus was cultivated and propagated in tissue culture from faeces of 3-week-old calves suffering from severe diarrhoea. Criteria for viral involvement were: production of cytopathic effect in primary foetal calf kidney cells, specific fluorescence, and identification of the agent by means of electron microscopy. In a limited serological survey the majority of the cows on an infested farm were found to possess neutralizing antibodies to the local rotavirus strain.
MeSH terms
Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; Diarrhea; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Kidney; Reoviridae; Rotavirus; South Africa; Virus Cultivation
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