Title |
Development of a virus neutralisation test to detect antibodies against Schmallenberg virus and serological results in suspect and infected herds
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Published in |
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1751-0147-54-44 |
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Authors |
Willie Loeffen, Sjaak Quak, Els de Boer-Luijtze, Marcel Hulst, Wim van der Poel, Ruth Bouwstra, Riks Maas |
Abstract |
At the end of 2011, a new orthobunyavirus, tentatively named Schmallenberg virus (SBV), was discovered in Germany. This virus has since been associated with clinical signs of decreased milk production, watery diarrhoea and fever in dairy cows, and subsequently also with congenital malformations in calves, lambs and goat kids. In affected countries, initial surveillance for the infection was based on examination of malformed progeny. These suspicions were followed up by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on brain tissue. For epidemiological purposes, a serological assay was, however, needed. |
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