Distribution and Genetic Characterization of Border Disease Virus Circulating in Sardinian Ovine Flocks.

ABSTRACT: Border Disease (BD) is a worldwide distributed pathology accountable for significant losses in the sheep and goat farming industry. The etiological agent is a Pestivirus within the family Flaviviridae called border disease virus (BDV). Despite the Sardinian ovine population being by far larger than any other Italian region, the prevalence and distribution of BD on the island are unknown. Here, we aim to determine the distribution of BDV in sheep flocks and to genetically characterize the circulating strains in Sardinia. The geographical distribution, antibody positivity, and viral genome presence have been analysed for 1286 sheep flocks distributed all over the island from bulk tank milk sampled between May 2014 and 2015. Of the flocks tested, 11.28% (95% CI 9.66-13.12) resulted positive f

SUBMITTER: Piras IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7281738 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature