PREVALENCE OF BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS AND PERSISTENTLY INFECTED CATTLE IN THE PROVINCE OF ESPINAR, CUSCO
The prevalence of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) was evaluated in 406 cattle ofboth sexes and older than 6 months. Animals belonged to 114 small farmers from threerural communities of the province of Espinar, Cusco, Peru. Blood samples were collectedaccording to three age groups (6-12, 13-23, &a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/268 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/268 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Bovino virus de la diarrea viral bovina anticuerpos antígeno prevalencia bovine bovine viral diarrhea virus antibodies antigen prevalence |
| Sumario: | The prevalence of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) was evaluated in 406 cattle ofboth sexes and older than 6 months. Animals belonged to 114 small farmers from threerural communities of the province of Espinar, Cusco, Peru. Blood samples were collectedaccording to three age groups (6-12, 13-23, >24 months old). Serum samples were testedfor antibodies against BVDV using the viral neutralization test. The 56.2 ± 4.8% (228/406)of samples had antibodies against BVDV. Persistently infected animals were not detected.Antibodies were present in the three age groups, but the highest prevalence (65.4%) was detected in animals older than 24 months of age. The 51.3% (20/39) of young and adultbulls had antibodies against BVDV. Antibodies titers varied from 2 to >256, and hightiters (128 to >256) were detected in 42.1% of animals of 13 to >24 months of age. The86.8% (99/114) of the small farmers had at least one animal seropositive to BVDV. |
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