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¹ Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin, PO Box 601103, D-10252 Berlin, Germany;
² Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Rue de la Champagne, 73250 Saint Pierre d’Albigny, France;
³ Laboratoire départemental vétérinaire, 5 Rue des Silos BP 63, 05002 Gap cedex, France;
⁴ Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, UnitéSanitaire de la Faune, 5 Allée de Bethléem, 38610 Gières, France
⁵ Corresponding author (email: froelich{at}izw-berlin.de)

ABSTRACT:   A pestivirus was detected and characterized in chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) originating from the French part of the Pyrenees. Phylogenetic analysis of the pestivirus was done on the basis of a fragment from the 5' noncoding region including 22 published nucleotide sequences of different pestivirus strains. Our strain was grouped within the clade of border disease viruses (BDV). However, it had an intermediate position between clade BDV and classical swine fever viruses representing a basal position to BDV strains of domestic sheep. Our strain was grouped as a sister unit to a novel pestivirus (Chamois-1) recently described from chamois in Spain. Therefore, we postulate that this virus occurs in the entire population of Pyrenean chamois. On the basis of the phylogenetic grouping of this isolate, a postulated cross-species transmission of pestivirus from domestic sheep to chamois via shared pastures seems to be unlikely.
  Key words:  Border disease virus, chamois, cross-species transmission, French Pyrenean, Pestivirus, phylogenetic analysis, Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica.

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