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Manev, Iliyan, Genova, Krasimira |
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Tradition & Modernity in Veterinary Medicine; 2024, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p3-8, 6p |
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Myxoma virus (MYXV) is a poxvirus which causes a systemic infection in wild and farm rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with high morbidity and mortality, called myxomatosis. European hare (Lepus europaeus) was considered to be resistant to the virus. However in the recent years a cross-species jump of MYXV in hare species from different parts of Europe was recognized. The aim of the present survey was to determine the antibody prevalence against myxoma virus in brown hare populations from different parts of Bulgaria with the emphasis to establish the possible circulation of myxomatosis in these communities. From all tested sera (via cELISA) 7.14% (6/84) were positive for specific antibodies against MYXV. All of them were sampled from Kameno, Burgas region (South Bulgaria). The positive cohort represented 10.0% (6/60). No positive cases from the other sampled area were determined. Based on this we could conclude that the studied brown hare populations were severely resistant to myxomatosis and no evidence for significant MYXV circulation was determined. However the lack of specific antibodies cannot exclude emphatically myxomatosis morbidity in brown hare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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