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. (Request a copy)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 |