Bluetongue virus infection in pregnant ewes.
Inoculation of 53 ewes after 35, 45, 60, or 80 days of gestation with bluetongue virus serotypes 10, 11, 13, or 17, or with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotypes 1 or 2, resulted in overt clinical disease in the 47 ewes inoculated with bluetongue virus but not in the 6 ewes inoculated with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus. None of the lambs produced by these ewes had developmental defects or any evidence of persistence of viremia.
Parsonson
I M
IM
USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071-3965.
Luedke
A J
AJ
Barber
T L
TL
Walton
T E
TE
D000818:Animals; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D018164:Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep