Abstract
We studied the potential of red deer as bluetongue maintenance hosts and sentinels. Deer maintained detectable bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 4 RNA for 1 year after the virus was cleared from livestock. However, the virus was not transmitted to yearlings. BTV serotype 1 RNA was detected in red deer immediately after its first detection in cattle.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood
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Bluetongue / epidemiology*
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Bluetongue / virology
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Bluetongue virus / classification
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Bluetongue virus / genetics
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Bluetongue virus / immunology
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Bluetongue virus / isolation & purification*
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Cattle
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Cattle Diseases
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Deer / virology*
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Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Prevalence
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RNA, Viral / analysis
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sentinel Surveillance / veterinary*
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Serotyping
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Spain / epidemiology
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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RNA, Viral