Serologic evidence for rabbit syncytium virus in eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Ohio.
Thirteen of 20 eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) sera collected near Delaware, Ohio (USA) in 1991 were positive by indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) for antibody to rabbit syncytium virus (RSV), a Kemerovo serogroup orbivirus. In addition, two of 10 domestic bovine sera and three of 30 sheep sera collected in southeastern Ohio gave weak positive IFAT reactions to RSV.
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Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster 44691.
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D018163:Orbivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral