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Border disease in cattle.
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Border disease in cattle.

  • Braun U Department of Farm Animals, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: ubraun@vetclinics.uzh.ch.
  • Hilbe M Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Peterhans E Institute for Virology and Immunology, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3001 Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Schweizer M Institute for Virology and Immunology, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3001 Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggass-Strasse 122, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
  • 2019-03-24
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  • Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997). - 2019
Border disease
Bovine viral diarrhoea
Cattle
Clinical findings
Epidemiology
Animals
Border Disease
Border disease virus
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Sheep
Sheep Diseases
English Within the family Flaviviridae, viruses within the genus Pestivirus, such as Border disease virus (BDV) of sheep, can cause great economic losses in farm animals. Originally, the taxonomic classification of pestiviruses was based on the host species they were isolated from, but today, it is known that many pestiviruses exhibit a broad species tropism. This review provides an overview of BDV infection in cattle. The clinical, hematological and pathological-anatomical findings in bovines that were transiently or persistently infected with BDV largely resemble those in cattle infected with the closely related pestivirus bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV). Accordingly, the diagnosis of BDV infection can be challenging, as it must be differentiated from various pestiviruses in cattle. The latter is very relevant in countries with control programs to eradicate BVDV in Bovidae, as in most circumstances, pestivirus infections in sheep, which act as reservoir for BDV, are not included in the eradication scheme. Interspecies transmission of BDV between sheep and cattle occurs regularly, but BDV in cattle appears to be of minor general importance. Nevertheless, BDV outbreaks at farm or local level can be very costly.
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