Braun, U.; Bachofen, Claudia; Büchi, R.; Hässig, M.; Peterhans, Ernst (2013). Infection of cattle with Border disease virus by sheep on communal alpine pastures. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 155(2), pp. 123-128. Huber 10.1024/0036-7281/a000428
Full text not available from this repository.The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sheep grazing communal alpine pastures with cattle can transmit Border disease virus (BDV) to cattle. A total of 1170 sheep and 923 cattle were tested for BDV using RT-PCR (sheep) and for pestivirus antibodies using an ELISA (cattle), respectively, before being moved to one of 4 pastures (A, B, C and D). Eight sheep from pasture C were viraemic. 396 of 923 cattle examined before the pasture season were seronegative. The latter were re-examined after the pasture season and 99 were seropositive or indeterminate. Antibody specificity was determined in 25 of these using a serum neutralization test (SNT). BDV infection was confirmed in 10 cattle and was considered likely in 8 others. BVDV infection was confirmed in 4 cattle and considered likely in 3 after pasturing. The study has shown that the transmission of BDV from sheep to cattle is possible on communal alpine pastures.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Virology and Immunology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bachofen, Claudia, Peterhans, Ernst |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
0036-7281 |
Publisher: |
Huber |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Susanne Portner |
Date Deposited: |
28 Jul 2014 15:10 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:31 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1024/0036-7281/a000428 |
PubMed ID: |
23385070 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
sheep, cattle, communal alpine pasture, border disease, bovine viral diarrhoea |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/45937 |
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