Clinical picture of active bovine viral diarrhoea infection in commercial bovine productive systems
Susana Astiz A F , Laura Cogollos A , Juan Manuel Loste B , Gorka Aduriz C , Javier Heras D and Manuel Cerviño E
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A Dpto. Reproducción Animal (INIA), Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
B Albaikide SA Polígono Akaborro s/n, E-31860 Irurzun, Navarra, Spain.
C Neiker Tecnalia, C/ Berreaga 1, E-48160 Derio, Vizcaya, Spain.
D Vether, Mas Ros s/n, Veinat de Viella, E-17468 Girona, Spain.
E Boehringer-Ingelheim España SA, Prat de la Riba, 50, E-08174 Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain.
F Corresponding author. Email: astiz.susana@inia.es
Animal Production Science 57(2) 334-337 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15235
Submitted: 13 May 2015 Accepted: 15 September 2015 Published: 22 January 2016
Abstract
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), one of the most important infectious diseases affecting bovine production systems, is thought to show a subclinical course in most cases, especially in regions that have suffered high BVD prevalence for a long time. However, few studies have assessed this rigorously under non-epidemic conditions. Here we assessed how often active BVD infection in a herd, defined as at least one antigen-positive animal, is associated with clinical signs. Surveying and sampling methods were used to detect BVD infection based on clinical picture. Analysis of 1203 samples of individual animals from 167 herds clinically suspected of BVD infection showed that 33.7% of dairy farms, 30.6% of beef cow-calf farms and 40% of feedlots contained at least one animal positive for BVD viral antigen. Prevalence of BVD infection was 7.7% at the animal level, much higher than the prevalence of 1–3% reported in the literature. This suggests that clinical picture can be useful for detecting active BVD infection, and that infections show a variable clinical course. On dairy farms, the presence of at least one antigen-positive animal was associated with a tendency towards lower fertility and higher rates of stillbirths and calf health problems (P < 0.1). On feedlots, such presence was associated with a tendency to a higher of calf health problems. In beef cow-calf systems, however, the presence of an antigen-positive animal was not associated with any particular sign. These results suggest a higher association of active BVD infections spreading in a herd and clinical pictures at the herd level, particularly in dairy herds.
Additional keywords: active infection, BVD virus, clinical evidence, commercial farm.
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