title: Prevalence of antibodies to bluetongue, bovine herpesvirus 1 and bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease viruses in water buffaloes in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
abstract: A serological survey to detect water buffaloes with antibodies to bluetongue virus (BTV), bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV 1) and bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease virus (BVD/MDV) was performed in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Precipitating antibodies against BTV were detected by the agar gel immunodiffusion test (AGID) in 54.4% of the serum samples tested. Microplate serum-neutralization tests revealed that 14.7% and 52.7% of the water buffaloes had antibodies to BHV 1 and BVD/MDV, respectively. The prevalence of antibodies to BTV in water buffaloes under two years old was significantly lower than in adults.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. alage@dedalus.lcc.ufmg.br
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lage
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Barreto Filho
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Leite
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000276:immunology*; D001938:Brazil; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000821:virology*; D001908:Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral