The pulmonary virome, bacteriological and histopathological findings in bovine respiratory disease from western Canada.

ABSTRACT: The aetiology and pathogenesis of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) are complex and involve the interplay of infectious agents, management and environmental factors. Previous studies of BRD focused on ante-mortem samples from the upper respiratory tract and identified several unconventional viruses. The lung, however, is the primary location where significant BRD lesions are usually found and is a common post-mortem diagnostic specimen. In this study, results of high-throughput virome sequencing, bacterial culture, targeted real-time PCR and histological examination of 130 bovine pneumonic lungs from western Canadian cattle were combined to explore associations of microorganisms with different types of pneumonia. Fibrinous bronchopneumonia (FBP) was the predominant type of pneumonia (46.2%,

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168541 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature