An erosive/ulcerative alimentary disease of undetermined etiology in Swedish moose (AIces alces L.)

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Stéen, Margareta, Diaz, Regina, Faber, William E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Alces alces L; Bovine Virus Diarrhoea/Mucosal Disease (BVD/MD); Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus; intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies; moose; Sweden; Alces alces; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1106; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.13.3.1106

During the years 1985 to 1987, 689 moose (Alces alces L.) collected throughout Sweden were necrop-sied at the National Veterinary Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. Sixty-eight of those investigated had catarrhal to hemorrhagic enteritis, atrophied lymphoid organs, and/or numerous erosive, uclerative, necrotizing lesions of the digestive mucosa. Histopathology of the mucous membranes revealed marked inter- and intracellular oedema, erosions, ulcers and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Neither Bovine Virus Diarrhoea/Mucosal Disease (BVD/MD) or Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus could be isolated from the diseased animals. It is suggested that the syndrome resembling BVD/MD complex, may have been caused by an yet unidentified virus.