Journal of Leukemia
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Laboratório de Viroses de Bovídeos, Centro de Pesquisa de Sanidade Animal, Instituto Biológico, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

Biography

Edviges Maristela Pituco has done degree in Veterinary Medicine at Federal University of Paraná - UFPR (1982), Master in Bovine Pathology, by FMVZ-USP (1988) and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (TiHo), Germany (1995). Since 1985 is Scientific Researcher at the Instituto Biológico, Center for Research and Development of Animal Health in the interest areas: Animal Health (Sanitary Programs), Infectious Animals Diseases and Preventive Veterinary Medicine.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Bovine Leukemia Virus in Bovine Aborted Fetuses
  Author(s): Kelly Cristina Santos Montanari, Marcia Mayumi Fusuma, Alessandra Maria Dias Lacerda, Líria Hiromi Okuda, Edviges Maristela Pituco, Aline Feola de Carvalho, Vanessa Castro, Rosa Maria Piatti, Eliana Scarcelli Pinheiro, Ricardo Harakava and Claudia Del Fava*
  
  We investigated the infection of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) related to other pathogens [Neospora caninum, Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1), Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV), and pathogenic bacteria] in 80 bovine aborted fetuses. The materials comprised whole fetuses, fetal organs, and placenta. The BLV was diagnosed by nested-PCR (env gp51 BLV gene), the identification of viral genotypes by sequencing, and the phylogenetic analysis by neighborjoining and maximum composite likelihood methods. The other pathogens and diagnoses were, respectively: Neospora caninum (nested-PCR), BoHV-1 (nested-PCR), BVDV (PCR), Brucella spp. (isolation and identification), Leptospira spp. (PCR), aerobic bacteria [Enterobacteriaceae, Gram positive cocci, Trueperella (Arcanobacterium) pyogenes] and micro-aerophilic (Campylobacter spp., Histophilus somni, and Listeria monocytogenes) by isolation and identifi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6917.19.7.253

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