Title
Seroprevalence of bovineviral diarrhea virus in grazing cattle in Cajamarca, Peru
Other title
Seroprevalencia del virus de la diarrea viral en bovinos de crianza extensiva de la provincia de San Pablo, Cajamarca
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus (BVDV) in grazing cattle without history of vaccination, in the province of San Pablo, Cajamarca, Peru. It was used 385 samples from the serum bank, collected in 2004. Samples were stratified in four age groups (2 to <6, 6 to <12, 12 to <24, and >24 months) and by sex. The detection of antibodies against BVDV was done by the viral neutralization test. The 27.0 ± 4.4% (104/385) of samples had antibodies against BVDV, and without statistical difference due to age or sex; however, 71.2 ± 8.7% (47/66) of animals between 12 and 24 months of age showed antibody titres between 128 and >256. It was concluded that the BVDV is present with a low seroprevalence in the cattle population of San Pablo province, Cajamarca.
Start page
171
End page
175
Volume
22
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Parasitología
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859488229
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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