title: Bluetongue virus infection in pregnant ewes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071-3965.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Parsonson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Luedke
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: 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