Identification of the causative agent of malignant catarrhal fever by molecular genetic methods
The results of identification of a pathogen that caused an outbreak of cattle disease in the Irkutsk Region in 2017 are presented. Based on the PCR and sequencing of the polymerase gene fragment, the OvHV2/Irkutsk 2017 isolate was identified as Ovine Herpesvirus 2. The phylogenetic analysis showed that it belong to a group of European strains.