Transmission of bovine viral diarrhoea virus through the semen of acutely infected bulls under field conditions

Epidemiological investigations implicated the semen of artificial insemination (ai) bulls as the only plausible source of infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus (bvdv) in 10 Finnish dairy herds. The infection was traced back to two northern Finncattle bulls that had been transiently infected wh...

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Published in:Veterinary record 2008-01, Vol.162 (3), p.79-82
Main Authors: Rikula, U., Nuotio, L., Laamanen, U. I., Sihvonen, L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies
artificial insemination
Bovine viral diarrhea virus
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease - transmission
bulls
Cattle
Cell culture
Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral - classification
Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral - isolation & purification
disease transmission
DNA, Viral - analysis
Female
Fetuses
Finland
Infections
Insemination, Artificial - veterinary
Male
Phylogenetics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - veterinary
semen
Semen - virology
Serology
Software
Virus Shedding
Viruses
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Summary:Epidemiological investigations implicated the semen of artificial insemination (ai) bulls as the only plausible source of infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus (bvdv) in 10 Finnish dairy herds. The infection was traced back to two northern Finncattle bulls that had been transiently infected when their semen had been collected while they were in a gene bank herd containing persistently infected (pi) animals. The isolates of bvdv from the animals in the gene bank herd, from the semen of the two bulls and from a pi calf born in one of the herds using the semen belonged to a rare genetic type in Finland and, on the basis of the nucleotide sequences in the 5′ untranslated region, were identical. Cross-contamination of batches of semen at the ai station and an external source of bvdv were ruled out for the recipient herds. It was concluded that bvdv infection can be transmitted through the semen of transiently infected bulls under field conditions.
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.162.3.79