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1 October 2003 ANTIBODIES TO RUMINANT ALPHA-HERPESVIRUSES AND PESTIVIRUSES IN NORWEGIAN CERVIDS
Atle Lillehaug, Turid Vikøren, Inger-Lise Larsen, Johan Åkerstedt, Jorun Tharaldsen, Kjell Handeland
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Abstract

A serologic survey revealed that Norwegian populations of free-ranging reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and moose (Alces alces) have been exposed to alpha-herpesviruses and pestiviruses. A total of 3,796 serum samples collected during the period 1993–2000 were tested in a neutralization test for antibodies against bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) or cervid herpesvirus 2 (CerHV-2), and 3,897 samples were tested by a neutralization test and/or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antibodies against bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). Antibodies against alpha-herpesvirus were found in 28.5% of reindeer, 3.0% of roe deer, and 0.5% of red deer, while all moose samples were negative. In reindeer, the prevalence of seropositive animals increased with age and was higher in males than females. Antibodies against BVDV were detected in 12.3% of roe deer, 4.2% of reindeer, 2.0% of moose and 1.1% of red deer. The results indicate that both alpha-herpesvirus and pestivirus are endemic in reindeer and pestivirus is endemic in roe deer in Norway. The viruses may be specific cervid strains. Seropositive red deer and moose may have become exposed as a result of contact with other ruminant species.

Lillehaug, Vikøren, Larsen, Åkerstedt, Tharaldsen, and Handeland: ANTIBODIES TO RUMINANT ALPHA-HERPESVIRUSES AND PESTIVIRUSES IN NORWEGIAN CERVIDS
Atle Lillehaug, Turid Vikøren, Inger-Lise Larsen, Johan Åkerstedt, Jorun Tharaldsen, and Kjell Handeland "ANTIBODIES TO RUMINANT ALPHA-HERPESVIRUSES AND PESTIVIRUSES IN NORWEGIAN CERVIDS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(4), 779-786, (1 October 2003). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.779
Received: 30 December 2002; Published: 1 October 2003
KEYWORDS
Alces alces
alpha-herpesvirus
Capreolus capreolus
cervids
Cervus elaphus
pestivirus
Rangifer tarandus tarandus
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