Isolation and Full-Length Sequence Analysis of a Pestivirus from Aborted Lamb Fetuses in Italy.

ABSTRACT: Pestiviruses are distributed worldwide and are responsible for a variety of economically important diseases. They are not very host-specific, and thus sheep can be infected by well-known pestiviruses like bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and border disease virus (BDV), as well as by other recently discovered pestivirus species. The aim of this study is to describe the isolation and characterization of four pestivirus strains detected in aborted lamb fetuses from a single farm in the Brescia province (Northern Italy). A total of twelve aborted fetuses were collected and examined. After necropsy, organs were tested for the presence of infectious agents known as potential causes of abortion (Brucella spp., Listeria spp., Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydophila spp., Mycoplasma spp., Neospora canin

SUBMITTER: Sozzi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6723841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature