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An association exists between bovine herpesvirus-4 seropositivity and abortion in cows.
Czaplicki, G.; Thiry, Etienne
1998In Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 33 (1-4), p. 235-40
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Keywords :
Abortion, Veterinary/virology; Animals; Antibodies, Viral/blood; Belgium/epidemiology; Brucellosis, Bovine/epidemiology/virology; Case-Control Studies; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/epidemiology/virology; Endometritis/veterinary/virology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary; Female; Herpesviridae/immunology; Herpesviridae Infections/epidemiology/veterinary/virology; Immunoglobulin G/blood; Odds Ratio; Peritonitis/veterinary/virology; Pregnancy; Prevalence
Abstract :
[en] The prevalence of cattle seropositive to bovine herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) is high in Belgium. In Belgian farms, clinical signs associated with BHV-4 infection essentially involve the genital tract and consist mainly of postpartum metritis or metroperitonitis. The role of BHV-4 in abortion has not been definitively demonstrated but epidemiological and experimental facts suggest its involvement. A seroepidemiological investigation was therefore conducted as a case-control study to compare the seroprevalences of BHV-4 infections in the aborted-cow population and in a randomly selected control group in the province of Liege (Belgium). The seroprevalence (17.2%) in aborted cows was significantly higher than that of the control group (10.0%). The odds ratio (OR) was 1.87 (1.06 < 3.30). BHV-4 infection is therefore considered as a risk factor for abortion in cows.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Czaplicki, G.
Thiry, Etienne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Virologie, épidémiologie et pathologie des maladies virales
Language :
English
Title :
An association exists between bovine herpesvirus-4 seropositivity and abortion in cows.
Publication date :
1998
Journal title :
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
ISSN :
0167-5877
eISSN :
1873-1716
Publisher :
Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
33
Issue :
1-4
Pages :
235-40
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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