TABLE 2.
Detection of CvHV2 DNA in tissues of experimentally infected reindeer by PCRa
| Tissue or fluid | Respiratory group |
Genital group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 (C) | R1a | R2 | R2a | R3 | R3a | G1 (C) | G1a | G2 | G3 | |
| Lung | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| Liver | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Spleen | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | + |
| Kidney | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Mesenteric lymph node | − | − | − | NS | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Mediastinal lymph node | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| Uterus | − | NS | − | − | NS | − | + | + | ||
| Milk | − | − | − | − | ||||||
| Placenta | − | − | − | − | ||||||
| Trigeminal ganglia | − | NS | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | + |
| Mammary gland | − | + | − | NS | − | NS | NS | |||
| Other tissues | NS | NS | NS | +b | +c | +d | NS | NS | NS | +e |
a
Animals were divided into two groups (respiratory and genital) according to the place of inoculation. Animals R1 and G1 were the control animals of each group. R2a, R3a, and G1a were calves delivered from animals R2, R3, and G1, respectively. R1a was a fetus obtained from animal R1. All samples were collected during necropsy. +, virus detected; −, no virus detected; (C), control animal; NS, not sampled.
b
Testicles.
c
Lung lesion.
d
Nasal cavity.
e
Gastric lesion.