Natural infection of pregnant cows with Schmallenberg virus--a follow-up study.

Schmallenberg virus (SBV), an orthobunyavirus discovered in European livestock in late 2011 for the first time, causes premature or stillbirth and severe fetal malformation when cows and ewes are infected during pregnancy. Therefore, cattle of two holdings in the initially most affected area in Germ...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Wernike, Mark Holsteg, Horst Schirrmeier, Bernd Hoffmann, Martin Beer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031169?pdf=render