JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Abstract         The present study was designed to investigate the  pathology of bovine rotavirus A infection in dead calves with the  history of diarrhea. The cases were further confirmed by ELISA and  RT-PCR. A total of 7 dead calves were examined by recommended post  mortem techniques followed by confirmatory diagnostic tools. Four calves  were found positive by both ELISA and RT-PCR assays. Grossly, no  characteristic pathological lesions were observed except congestion in  small intestine. The characteristic histopathological lesions were  observed mainly in jejunum, ileum, Peyer’s patches and mesenteric  lymphnode. Blunting of villi, lymphocytic infiltration, intracytoplasmic  eosinophilic inclusion body, nuclear degradation and syncytia formation  were observed under the microscope with different magnification.  However, observation of pathological changes is important for  identification rotaviral infec...
 
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