[Detection of herpesvirus serum antibodies in red deer (Cervus elaphus) imported into the Czech Republic].

Abstract

Antibodies reacting in the virus-neutralisation test with bovine herpesvirus (BHV-1), the causative agent of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), were demonstrated in a herd of red deer (Cervus elaphus) imported into the Czech Republic. Sera from the same collection were later tested against a homologous virus, termed herpesvirus cervidae 1 (HVC-1), isolated from red deer in Scotland. Out of 165 imported animals, antibodies to BHV-1 were found in 68% and to HVC-1 in 71% of the animals. Titres of antibodies to the two viruses ranged from 1 : 2 to 1 : 4 or were occasionally greater. As documented by several experimental studies carried out abroad, the HVC-1 virus, though antigenically closely related to BHV-1 virus, is not pathogenic to cattle under natural conditions. Antibodies which reacted with both BHV-1 and HVC-1 were also demonstrated in 3 out of 7 roebucks randomly shot in this territory.

• Authors: Z Pospísil, R Vyvlecka, P Cíhal, P Lány, D Zendulková
• Journal: Veterinarni medicina (Vet Med (Praha)) Vol. 41 Issue 9 Pg. 279-82 (Sep 1996) ISSN: 0375-8427 [Print] Czech Republic
• Vernacular Title: Průkaz protilátek proti herpesvirům v sérech jelena evropského (Cervus elaphus) importovaného do Ceské republiky.
• PMID: 8966967 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral

Topics

• Animals
• Antibodies, Viral (analysis)
• Czech Republic
• Deer (virology)
• Herpesvirus 1, Bovine (immunology)