Title
Seroprevalence of ruminant pestivirus in breeding sheep in the central sierra of Peru
Other title
Seroprevalencia de pestivirus de rumiantes en ovinos reproductores de una empresa de la sierra central del Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus (BVDV) and Border Disease virus (BDV) in breeding sheep from a large cooperative farm in the central highlands of Peru. Blood samples from apparently healthy sheep of 4 years old, both sexes (female = 165; male = 165) were collected for antibodies detection against BVDV and BDV using the virus neutralisation test. The 2.1 ± 1.5% (7/330) and 28.5 ± 4.9% (94/330) of breeding sheep had antibodies against BVDV and BDV respectively, with antibodies titers of 1:2 and 1:16. There was significant association between sex and presence of antibodies against BDV (females: 53.3 ± 7.6%; males: 3.6 ± 2.9%) (p<0.05).
Start page
504
End page
509
Volume
23
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Virología
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84873428686
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus