title: Absence of circulation of Pestivirus between wild and domestic ruminants in southern Spain.
abstract: Ruminant pestiviruses (family Flaviviridae) affect both wild and domestic ruminants worldwide, causing reproductive disorders and severe economic losses. Wild (n=1442) and domestic (n=373) ruminants from southern Spain were tested for the presence of antibodies to pestiviruses. Seropositivity was detected by both ELISA and virus neutralisation test in 1/892 (0.1 per cent) red deer, 29/125 (23.2 per cent) cattle and 17/157 (10.8 per cent) sheep. Pestivirus-specific antibodies to bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and border disease virus (BDV) genotypes 1, 4 and 5 were detected. Significantly higher antibody titres to BDV-4 compared with BVDV-NADL were found in one cattle farm. Results indicate that wild ruminants may act as spillover hosts from domestic ruminants, and therefore they do not represent a risk for domestic ruminants in southern Spain. The wide distribution of pestiviruses among sheep and cattle suggests that transmission between these species may occur.
authors: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Córdoba 14071, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Paniagua
authors: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Córdoba 14071, Spain.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: García-Bocanegra
authors: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Córdoba 14071, Spain.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Arenas-Montes
authors: Animal Health Department, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Berriatua
authors: Animal Health Department, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Espunyes
authors: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Córdoba 14071, Spain.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Carbonero
authors: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona 08007, Spain.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Rosell
authors: Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Marco
authors: Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Cabezón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology*; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018083:Border disease virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D003670:Deer; D001908:Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / Q000276:immunology; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D012418:Ruminants / Q000821:virology*; D012756:Sheep; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
keywords: Pestiviruses; Wildlife; domestic ruminants