Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis

Department of Animal Health, Biological Institute of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Research Article   
  Research of Bovine Papillomaviruses Types 1 and 2 in the Genital Tract of Cows
  Author(s): Talita de Paula Silva Moura, Liria Hiromi Okuda, Marta Elizabeth Scarelli Vicente, Edviges Maristela Pituco and Claudia Del Fava*
  
  Papillomaviruses are oncogenic viruses, causing papillomas and fibropapillomas. Bovine papillomavirus-1 (BPV-1) DNA has been found in cow uterine flushings, and BPV-2 in cow ovarian and uterine tissues, uterine flushing, oocytes, and cumulus cells. So far, has been proven BVP presence in the uterus of cattle through molecular techniques, but the pathogen association with uterine lesions is yet not clear. The presence of BPV-1 and 2 was investigated in the genital tract of 80 cows. Eighty dairy cows between three and five years of age were slaughtered and sampled for laboratory analysis. Uterine cervix cytology samples for Papanicolaou testing were collected with a swab smeared in glass slides and fixated with spray. Reproductive organ fragments (Ovaries, uterine tubes, uterine horns, uterine body, and cervix) were collected for histopathology and fixed in 10% buff.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-2518.22.13.396

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