BVD

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Authors

  • Steven R. Bolin Virology of Cattle Unit, National Animal Disease Center - USDA/ARS, P.O. Box 70, Ames, Iowa 50010

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926511

Keywords:

Bovine viral diarrhea virus, BVDV, mucosal disease, biotypes

Abstract

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an ubiquitous viral pathogen of cattle that induces disease involving the respiratory, enteric,
reproductive, lymphoid, and nervous systems. The diseases commonly associated with BVDV infections are termed acute BVD, mucosal disease, and chronic BVD. In North America, BVDV is a leading cause of economic loss in beef and dairy cattle. Two biotypes of BVDV exist, and these have cytopathic or noncytopathic characteristics in cell culture. The cytopathic virus kills susceptible cell cultures and the noncytopathic virus has little effect on cultured cells. However, there is no correlation between the effects of virus in cell culture and the effects in cattle. Certain noncytopathic BVDV are extremely virulent and kill adult cattle. Conversely, many cytopathic BVDV induce only mild disease in cattle.

Cover image of the Second Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 2

Section

General Sessions