title: [Detection of herpesvirus serum antibodies in red deer (Cervus elaphus) imported into the Czech Republic].
abstract: Antibodies reacting in the virus-neutralisation test with bovine herpesvirus (BHV-1), the causative agent of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), were demonstrated in a herd of red deer (Cervus elaphus) imported into the Czech Republic. Sera from the same collection were later tested against a homologous virus, termed herpesvirus cervidae 1 (HVC-1), isolated from red deer in Scotland. Out of 165 imported animals, antibodies to BHV-1 were found in 68% and to HVC-1 in 71% of the animals. Titres of antibodies to the two viruses ranged from 1 : 2 to 1 : 4 or were occasionally greater. As documented by several experimental studies carried out abroad, the HVC-1 virus, though antigenically closely related to BHV-1 virus, is not pathogenic to cattle under natural conditions. Antibodies which reacted with both BHV-1 and HVC-1 were also demonstrated in 3 out of 7 roebucks randomly shot in this territory.
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pospísil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vyvlecka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cíhal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lány
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zendulková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D018153:Czech Republic; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Průkaz protilátek proti herpesvirům v sérech jelena evropského (Cervus elaphus) importovaného do Ceské republiky.