Volume 70 (2020) Issue: 2020 No#4

Co-infection of bovine papular stomatitis virus, rotavirus and Cryptosporidium spp. in a calf

Author(s): Eroksuz Yesari, Timurkan Mehmet Özkan, Abayli Hasan, Incili Canan Akdeniz, Karabulut Burak, Eroksuz Hatice

Keywords:Bovine papular stomatitis, rotavirus, cryptosporidiosis.

Concurrent occurence of bovine papular stomatitis, rotavirus infection and cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed postmortem in a 7-days-old calf from a farm containing 65 calves of different ages. Multifocal papular stomatitis and rumenitis were present on necropsy. While polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed rotavirus and papular stomatitis virus infections; bovine viral diarrhea, foot and mouth disease, bovine papilloma virus and coronavirus could not be detected. Overall; concurrent co-infection with bovine papular stomatitis virus, rotavirus and cryptosporidium spp. was reported for the first time.