First report of bovine viral diarrhoea virus-2 infection in cattle in Poland

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.09.026

The Veterinary Journal

Volume 202, Issue 3, December 2014, Pages 643-645

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Abstract

This report describes the first identification in Poland of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV)-2 in a dairy herd where severe clinical disease with losses of young animals was observed. The virus was readily cultivated in cell culture and a phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences and secondary structures of the viral genomic 5′ untranslated region confirmed virus identity. The economic impact of the infection was significant compared to the previously prevalent BVDV-1 infections confirming that this genotype of BVDV can cause severe sickness in affected herds. The use of BVDV-1 vaccine did not prevent the infection with the BVDV-2 genotype.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors of this paper has a financial or personal relationship with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper.

Acknowledgements

The study was financed by the research project from The National Science Centre (N308 577939). We thank Malgorzata Glowacka and Agnieszka Nowakowska for their excellent technical assistance.

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