Testicular Hypoplasia in a Bull Persistently Infected with Bovine Diarrhoea Virus

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 169-173

  Borel, N ^a   Janett, F ^b   Teankum, K ^c   Zlinszky, K ^a   Iten, C ^c   Hilbe, M ^a  

^a Institute of Veterinary Pathology

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swissgenetics ^*

Author keywords

bovine viral diarrhoea; cattle; testicular hypoplasia; viral infection

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERRITIN ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; COW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; URETHRA; VESICULAR GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; MALE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 34548305370     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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