Title
A preliminary serological survey of viral antibodies in peruvian sheep
Date Issued
01 December 1984
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
ROSADIO ALCANTARA, RAUL HECTOR
Evermann J.F.
DeMartini J.C.
Abstract
This study reports the sero-prevalence of viral infections in sheep in Peru. Serum samples were collected from 34 mature healthy rams located in 3 different geographic regions of the country (north, central and south). The sera were tested for antibodies to the following viruses: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); parainfluenza 3 (PI-3) virus; bovine viral diarrhea/border disease (BVD/BD) virus; bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1); bluetongue (BT) virus; ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP) virus; bovine leukosis virus (BLV). The serological studies showed that 47% were positive for RSV; 82% for PI-3; 3% for BVD/BD virus; 49% for BT virus; 13% for OPP virus. Antibodies were not detected to bovine herpesvirus 1 or to bovine leukosis virus. © 1984.
Start page
91
End page
96
Volume
10
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0021712599
PubMed ID
Source
Veterinary Microbiology
ISSN of the container
03781135
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported in part by Institute de Investigaciones IVITA, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities (LASPAU); the USAID Title XII Small Animal Ruminant Collaborative Research Program, AID/DSAN/XII-6-0049; and the Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Agraria, Peru.
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