Selected highlights from other journals: Does vaccination for BVD interfere with surveillance programmes?

• Autores: R. G. Sayers, G. P. Sayers, D. A. Graham, S. Arkins
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 177, Nº. 15, 2015, págs. 394-394
• Idioma: inglés
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  • BOVINE viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is endemic in many countries and vaccination is used in some control and eradication strategies. However, surveillance programmes to detect BVDV often include the use of bulk milk (BM) testing for antibodies against the BVDV p80 (NS3) subunit, and vaccination could interfere with the results. This study looked at whether BVDV vaccines interfered with these tests for specific antibodies in a nationally representative group of commercial dairy farms in the Republic of Ireland...