title: Prevalence of antibodies to bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine herpesvirus-1, and bovine parainfluenza-3 virus in sheep and goats in Quebec.
abstract: Serum samples were collected from 1,075 clinically normal sheep and goats from 77 flocks in 7 agricultural regions of Quebec from June to August 1982. Sheep and goats were tested for antibodies to bovine respiratory syncytial virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, and bovine herpes-virus-1 by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique and for parainfluenza-3 virus by the hemagglutination inhibition test. The prevalence of antibodies in animals to respiratory syncytial virus was 31%; to bovine viral diarrhea virus, 22.2%; to bovine herpesvirus-1, 10.8%; and to parainfluenza-3 virus, 23.2%. Antibodies prevailed in similar proportions in young (less than 1 year) and adult (greater than 1 year) animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001908:Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000276:immunology*; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D011792:Quebec; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000276:immunology*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral