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Persistent pestivirus infection in sheep in Apulia (southern Italy)
C Buonavoglia1, F Marsilio, M Tempesta
1Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Parassitarie degli Animali, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Bari, Italy.
The New Microbiologica
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
A study in a flock of 100 sheep was carried out to detect animals persistently infected with Border Disease Virus (BDV). From buffy coats of animals without neutralizing antipestivirus antibodies, 6 non cytopathic pestiviruses were isolated in cell cultures. Using 3 monoclonal antibodies, the 6 viruses were initially characterized as BDV strains.