Molecular epidemiology of bovine viral diarrhoea during the final phase of the Swedish BVD-eradication programme

Karl Ståhl; Jaruwan Kampa; Claudia Baule; Mats Isaksson; Jorge Moreno-López; Sándor Belák; Stefan Alenius; Ann Lindberg

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.021

Molecular epidemiology of bovine viral diarrhoea during the final phase of the Swedish BVD-eradication programme

Prev Vet Med. 2005 Nov 15;72(1-2):103-8; discussion 215-9. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.021. Epub 2005 Oct 19.

Authors

Karl Ståhl¹, Jaruwan Kampa, Claudia Baule, Mats Isaksson, Jorge Moreno-López, Sándor Belák, Stefan Alenius, Ann Lindberg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, SLU, Box 7036, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden. Karl.Stahl@bvf.slu.se

PMID: 16236375
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.021

Abstract

The Swedish BVD-eradication programme has been successfully running since 1993 and is now in its final phase. Nevertheless, new infections are occasionally being detected. In this paper we describe the first results of a programme where we apply a molecular-epidemiological approach to trace sources and routes of BVDV infection, and that we expect will speed up the final phase of the BVD-programme and help to reach total eradication.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / epidemiology
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / prevention & control*
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / transmission
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / virology*
Cattle
Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / genetics*
Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / isolation & purification*
Molecular Epidemiology*
Phylogeny
Sweden / epidemiology