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. 2010 Mar;88(3):93-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00545.x.

Isolation of bovine herpesvirus type 5 from the semen of a healthy bull in Australia

I S Diallo  1 , G R Hewitson, J Hoad, S Turner, B G Corney, B J Rodwell
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Isolation of bovine herpesvirus type 5 from the semen of a healthy bull in Australia

I S Diallo et al. Aust Vet J. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Artificial insemination is widely used in the cattle industry and a major challenge is to ensure that semen is free of infectious agents. A healthy donor bull was tested for freedom from infectious agents. A bovine herpesvirus was isolated in testis cells and identified as bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BoHV-5) by polymerase chain reaction and by direct amplicon sequencing. The amplicon sequence shared 100% similarity with the published sequence of BoHV-5. This is the first report in Australia of BoHV-5 in semen. The implications of this finding are discussed.

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