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[Detection of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus in sperm of experimentally infected bucks]
C Travassos1, C Benoît, S Valas
1Laboratoire de recherches caprines, Cneva Niort, France.
Veterinary Research
|December 16, 1998
Abstract:
Shedding of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) was assessed in semen and blood mononuclear cells of six bucks (four boers and two saanens) experimentally contaminated with a viral strain (CAEV Cork) and on three non-infected controls. CAEV was identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood mononuclear cells of all infected animals but only in seminal fluid and non-spermatic cells of one buck and in non-spermatic cells of another. Presence of CAEV in semen could have implications in the dissemination and control of the disease.