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  • Title: Seroepidemiologic survey for antibodies to selected viruses in the respiratory tract of lambs.
    Author: Lehmkuhl HD, Cutlip RC, Bolin SR, Brogden KA.
    Journal: Am J Vet Res; 1985 Dec; 46(12):2601-4. PubMed ID: 3002217.
    Abstract:
    A serologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of antibodies to, and infection rate of, Mastadenovirus ovi 5, M ovi 6, parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) virus, bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus, and ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP) virus in lambs at a ram lamb growth-rate test station. For 2 consecutive years, serum samples were prepared from blood collected from 1- to 2-month-old ram lambs as they entered the test station (1st sample) and again 2 months later (2nd sample). The 1st year, 59 producers submitted 237 lambs; the 2nd year, 65 producers submitted 253 lambs. Microtitration serum virus-neutralization tests were used to determine antibody titers for M ovi 5, M ovi 6, PI-3 virus, BHV-1, and BVD virus. Antibodies to RSV and OPP virus were determined, using indirect hemagglutination and agar-gel immunodiffusion, respectively. Based on results of the 1st blood samples collected, the mean prevalence for both years was as follows: 95% of the lambs were seropositive for M ovi 5; 87.2% for PI-3 virus; 84.5% for RSV; 41.7% for M ovi 6; 8.7% for BVD virus; 5.4% for BHV-1; and 3.3% for OPP virus. Based on the 2-year mean, M ovi 6 had the highest infection rate (207 of 484 [42.8%]) as determined by the number of lambs evaluated having a greater than or equal to 4-fold increase in serum antibody titer from the 1st to the 2nd sampling. Infection rates of the other viruses were: 31.0% for M ovi 5; 15.3% for PI-3 virus; 5.6% for RSV; 0.6% for BVD virus; and 0.4% for BHV-1. One lamb became seropositive for OPP virus the 2nd year.
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