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Erschienen in: Comparative Clinical Pathology 6/2012

01.12.2012 | Original Article

Genotyping of bovine viral diarrhea viruses (BVDV) isolated from cattle in Sicily

verfasst von: Vincenza Cannella, Elisabetta Giudice, Sara Ciulli, Patrizia Di Marco, Giuseppa Purpari, Giuseppe Cascone, Annalisa Guercio

Erschienen in: Comparative Clinical Pathology | Ausgabe 6/2012

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Abstract

Bovine Viral Diarrhea–Mucosal Disease (BVD–MD) is a widely spread infectious disease that causes important economic losses in farms. Several epidemiological studies indicate a high genetic heterogeneity among Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) strains circulating in Italy. The aim of this study was to investigate the genotypes of BVDV in Sicily, a region in the South of Italy. For this purpose, 17 BVDV strains collected from cattle breed in Sicily between 2005 and 2008 were genetically typed by sequencing of the 5′-untraslated region (5′-UTR) of the viral genome. In this study, phylogenetic analysis showed that all 17 examined strains were clustered within the BVDV genotype 1. Particularly, 14 of them were clustered with the BVDV-1b subgroup, while the remaining three strains were clustered with the BVDV-1e. Moreover, the restriction analysis indicated a bovine origin for all of the 17 strains typed in this study. These results could be useful to carry out an epidemiological survey and to create vaccines that protect cattle against BVDV different subgroups.
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Metadaten
Titel
Genotyping of bovine viral diarrhea viruses (BVDV) isolated from cattle in Sicily
verfasst von
Vincenza Cannella
Elisabetta Giudice
Sara Ciulli
Patrizia Di Marco
Giuseppa Purpari
Giuseppe Cascone
Annalisa Guercio
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Comparative Clinical Pathology / Ausgabe 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1618-5641
Elektronische ISSN: 1618-565X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-011-1358-5

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