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- Title
Dynamics of Schmallenberg virus infection within a cattle herd in Germany, 2011.
- Authors
WERNIKE, K.; SILAGHI, C.; NIEDER, M.; PFEFFER, M.; BEER, M.
- Abstract
In late 2011, the insect-transmitted Schmallenberg virus (SBV) emerged in Europe. In this study, a cattle farm located in the core region of the epidemic was closely monitored between May 2011 and January 2012. Up to the end of September every tested serum sample was negative by an SBV-specific antibody ELISA, suggesting the absence of an infection before autumn 2011. Around the end of September/beginning of October SBV genome was detected in blood samples of some animals, and a few cows exhibited fever during that period. Starting at the end of September the first cows seroconverted; the within-herd prevalence reached 100% within barely 1 month. Consequently, SBV spread rapidly in the tested herd during the vector season of 2011.
- Subjects
LIVESTOCK farms; ANIMAL herds; VIRUS diseases; EPIDEMICS; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2014, Vol 142, Issue 7, p1501
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0950268813002525