Comparison of the performance of five different immunoassays to detect specific antibodies against emerging atypical bovine pestivirus.
Larska M, Polak MP, Liu L, Alenius S, Uttenthal A.SourceDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; National Veterinary Research Institute, Virology Department, Al. Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy, Poland. Electronic address: m.larska@piwet.pulawy.pl.
Bovine pestiviruses represent a considerably variable group. In addition to the two accepted species BVDV-1 and BVDV-2, a number of atypical bovine pestiviruses have been detected both in foetal calf sera and in field samples. The sera collected during the initial six weeks of experimental infection
Distribution of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus Antigen in Persistently Infected White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Passler T, Walz HL, Ditchkoff SS, van Santen E, Brock KV, Walz PH.SourceDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA; Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA. Electronic address: passlth@auburn.edu.
Infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV), analogous to that occurring in cattle, is reported rarely in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). This study evaluated the distribution of BVDV antigen in persistently infected (PI) white-tailed deer and compared the findings with those from