Experimental infection of camels with bluetongue virus

Autor:	Bachir Harif, Carrie Batten, C.A.L. Oura, S. Ghizlane, L. Edwards, M. El Harrak, Mark Henstock, C. Loutfi
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	endocrine system Camelus Time Factors General Veterinary Transmission (medicine) Disease Biology Bluetongue Virology Post infection Virus Real-time polymerase chain reaction biology.protein Animals Viremia Bluetongue virus serotype Antibody Bluetongue virus Disease Reservoirs
Zdroj:	Research in Veterinary Science. 90:533-535
ISSN:	0034-5288
Popis:	Three camels aged 4–5 years were experimentally infected with Bluetongue virus serotype 1 (BTV-1) and were observed for 75 days. No clinical signs of disease were observed throughout the experiment, however all three animals seroconverted and developed BTV-1 specific neutralising antibodies after challenge. All three camels developed a viraemia from 7 days post infection albeit at a lower level than that usually observed in experimental infections of sheep and cattle. Virus was isolated from the blood of all three animals suggesting that camels may act as a reservoir for BTV and play an important role in its transmission.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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