Detection of persistent pestivirus infection in pudú (Pudu puda) in a captive population of artiodactyls in Chile

Abstract Background Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) is the viral agent causing the most important economic losses in livestock throughout the world. Infection of fetuses before their immunological maturity causes the birth of animals persistently infected with BVDV (PI), which are the main source...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Salgado, Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso, José Pizarro-Lucero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1363-x