Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Newborn pointer pups shedding canine herpesvirus for weeks
By Losurdo, Michele et al.·Published in Research in veterinary science·2018·Department of Veterinary Medicine, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Long-term shedding of Canine alphaherpesvirus 1 in naturally infected newborn pups.
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Plain-English summary
A litter of 11 newborn pointer puppies in Italy was affected by Canine alphaherpesvirus 1 (CaHV-1), with 9 pups developing a severe and fatal infection. The remaining two pups had milder symptoms, including one with eye problems, and they gradually recovered. Throughout their monitoring from 11 to 36 days old, the pups shed the virus in their nasal and eye secretions, as well as in their feces. The virus was primarily detected in nasal secretions, but the pup with eye issues shed it for an extended period from its eyes as well.
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Abstract
The long-term shedding of Canine alphaherpesvirus 1 (CaHV-1) by neonatal pups with natural infection is reported. The pups belonged to a litter of 11 pointers of a breeding kennel in southern Italy, 9 of which developed a fatal form of systemic infection, as resulted by the detection of CaHV-1 in internal organs (kidney, liver, lung and brain) of one of this dogs and in the vaginal swab of their mother. The two remaining animals displayed a milder form of disease, with one pup showing ocular involvement, and underwent a progressive recovery. These pups were monitored from 11 to 36  days of age, showing a long-term shedding of the virus through the nasal and ocular secretions and the faeces. CaHV-1 shedding, as assessed by means of a specific and sensitive real-time PCR assay, occurred mainly through the nasal secretions, although the pup displaying ocular disease shed the virus at high titres and for a long period even in the ocular secretions.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30005400/