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Bovine herpesvirus 6 in buffaloes (Bubalus bulalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil

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This study presents the first description of Bovine herpesvirus 6 (BoHV-6) that was isolated from buffaloes of Amazon region in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the BoHV-6 Brazilian strains clustered with the sequence of BoHV-6 from elsewhere available at the GenBank. It was observed in some buffaloes with lymphoproliferative disease in one herd, thus the animals were also tested for Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), which has been associated to lymphoma in bovines. All animals were negative to BLV. These results indicate that BoHV-6 is present in buffaloes in Brazil, but the importance and impact of this infection and its association with any illness is still undefined.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais for the financial support for English proofreading. The authors also wish to thank all colleagues from the Laboratório de Retroviroses (EV-UFMG) and Clínica de Ruminantes, Universidade Federal do Pará for their technical support. Financial support for this study was provided by INCT-Pecuária, CNPq, CAPES, and FAPEMIG. JKPR, RCL, EFBS, and JDBN received fellowships from CNPq.

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  1. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 6627 Av. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30123-970, Brazil

    Cairo Henrique Sousa de Oliveira, Fernanda Gonçalves de Oliveira, Grazielle Cossenzo Florentino Galinari, Graciela Kunrath Lima, Rômulo Cerqueira Leite & Jenner Karlisson Pimenta dos Reis

  2. Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Marcela Ribeiro Gasparini & Edel Figueiredo Barbosa-Stancioli

  3. Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, LANAGRO/MG, Brasilia, Brazil

    Antônio Augusto Fonseca Jr.

  4. Central de Diagnóstico Veterinário, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belem, Brazil

    José Diomedes Barbosa

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de Oliveira, C.H.S., de Oliveira, F.G., Gasparini, M.R. et al. Bovine herpesvirus 6 in buffaloes (Bubalus bulalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil. Trop Anim Health Prod 47, 465–468 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-014-0733-z

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