Journal
VETERINARY JOURNAL
Volume 183, Issue 1, Pages 46-53Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.08.023
Keywords
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV); Cattle; Aerosol infection; Pathogenesis
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- ARS-CRIS [1940-32000-052-00D]
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The goal of this study was to identify the primary sites of replication of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in cattle subsequent to aerogenous inoculation. A novel aerosol inoculation method was developed to simulate natural, airborne transmission and thereby allow the identification of early replication sites. Virus distribution after aerosol inoculation was compared at 24 h post inoculation with simple nasal instillation. Aerosol inoculation of FMDV consistently resulted in virus detection by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and viral isolation in the soft palate, pharynx, and lungs. Viral antigen was also detected in each of these tissues by immunohistochemistry. Aerosol exposure resulted in typical clinical signs of FMD when animals were kept alive long enough to develop disease. This aerosol infection method is highly reproducible regarding inoculum dose and volume, and allowed the detailed study of early events in FMDV-infected cattle. Extensive postmortem sampling and trimodal virus detection system allows a more precise determination of FMDV localization than previously reported. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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