Molecular detection of enteric viruses from diarrheic calves in Egypt

Fakry F. Mohamed, Shimaa M.G. Mansour, Iman E. El-Araby, Sunil K. Mor, Sagar M. Goyal

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Abstract

Neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and economic losses in the beef and dairy industries. This study was conducted to investigate the existence of enteric viruses in two Egyptian farms with a history of recurrent diarrhea. Fecal samples were collected from 25 diarrheic calves. RNA was extracted and tested by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the presence of rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, torovirus, coronavirus and bovine viral diarrhea virus. Overall, 76 % (19/25) of samples tested positive for one or more viruses. Rota-, noro- and astroviruses were detected in 48 %, 24 % and 32 % of tested samples, respectively. About 37 % (7/19) of positive samples had two different viruses. One-month-old calves were the group most vulnerable to infections. Based on phylogenetic analysis, bovine rotaviruses were of genotypes G6 and G10, bovine noroviruses were in GIII.2, and bovine astroviruses were in the BAstV lineage 1. Astrovirus sequences showed a high level nucleotide sequence similarity with the Brazilian BAstV sequences available in GenBank. We believe this is the first report of bovine norovirus and bovine astrovirus circulating among calves in Egypt. Further epidemiological studies are recommended to investigate their presence on a wider scale, to predict their association with NCD, and to design appropriate diagnostic and control methods.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)129-137
Number of pages9
JournalArchives of Virology
Volume162
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) in Egypt for providing a visiting grant to FFM. We also thank Dr. Hany Abdalla (Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt) for help in collection of samples and historical data.

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© 2016, Springer-Verlag Wien.

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