Persistence of Bluetongue virus serotype 1 virulence in sheep blood refrigerated for 10 years
This paper reports that Bluetongue virus serotype 1 (BTV-1) infected blood collected during the 2006 Sardinia (Italy) epidemic from a ewe with clinical disease and stored at ~ 5°C for 10 years, caused Bluetongue (BT)-like clinical disease and death when inoculated into a susceptible Sarda breed ram....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Veterinaria Italiana |
| Online Access: | https://www.veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/1344 |