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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 40(4), 2004, pp. 791-795
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Pestivirus Exposure in Free-living and Captive Deer in Austria

Reinhild Krametter1,5, Søren Saxmose Nielsen2, Angelika Loitsch3, Wolfgang Froetscher3, Viviane Benetka4, Karin Moestl4 and Walter Baumgartner1

1 II. Medical Clinic for Ruminants and Swine, Veterinary University of Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
2 The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;
3 Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd. Vet. Med. Investigations Mödling, 2340 Mödling, Austria;
4 Clinical Virology Group, Institute of Virology, Veterinary University of Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
5 Corresponding author (email: reinhild.krametter{at}vu-wien.ac.at)

ABSTRACT:   During the hunting season of 2001–02, blood and spleen samples from 59 red deer (Cervus elaphus), 77 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), four fallow deer (Dama dama), and five chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) were collected from nine hunting districts (n=133) and one deer farm (n=12) in southern Austria. Sera were tested for antibodies against bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and virus neutralization tests against three BVDVs and one border disease virus strain. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used for detection of pestivirus-specific RNA in spleen samples. Antibodies were detected in one serum sample when using ELISA and virus neutralization tests. Results of the virus neutralization tests of this sample provided strong evidence for the exposure to the BVDV-1 genotype. The spleen samples were negative for pestivirus-specific RNA.
  Key words:  Bovine viral diarrhea virus, border disease virus, free-living deer, serologic survey, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.




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