Serological survey of viral antibodies in llamas (Lama glama) in Argentina. |
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| Authors: | M Puntel N A Fondevila J Blanco Viera V K O'Donnell J F Marcovecchio B J Carrillo A A Schudel |
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| Institution: | Instituto de Virología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Castelar, Morón, Argentina. incoalex@mail.retina.ar |
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| Abstract: | This study analysed sera from 390 llamas (Lama glama) from nine farms located in three different Argentine provinces: Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Jujuy. The samples were tested for antibodies against 8 virus known to infect cattle: bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), bovine adenovirus (BAdV III), bovine enterovirus (BEV), bovine rotavirus (BRV), bluetongue virus (BTV), bovine leukaemia virus (BLV), and foot-and-mouth virus (FMDV) by conventional methods such as seroneutralization, immunoperoxidase staining, and agar gel immunodiffusion. The antibody prevalences detected in llamas were: BHV-1 in 0.77% (3/390), BVDV in 2.05% (8/390), BAdV III in 5.13% (20/390), BEV in 4.10% (16/390), BRV in 87.69% (342/390). No antibodies against BTV, BLV and VIAA (FMDV infection associated antigen) were detected. |
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