Bovine respiratory syncytial virus and acute respiratory distress syndrome in cattle

Abstract

This information is presented here to encourage continued and more enlightened clinical observation and history-taking, which will permit still more accurate speculation on the various pathogenetic mechanisms involved in producing RSV-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

The differences between human and bovine origin strains of RSV appear to be minor - probably no greater than with PI-3 strains from the respective species. Herein distinction is seldom made between bovine RSV (BRSV) and human RSV (HRSV), and any described experimental infections in those two host species were done using species-homologous strains.