Bluetongue virus infection in pregnant ewes

Parsonson, I.M.; Luedke, A.J.; Barber, T.L.; Walton, T.E.

American Journal of Veterinary Research 55(5): 666-669

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645
PMID: 8067615
Document Number: 430303
Inoculation of 53 ewes after 35, 45, 60, or 80 days of gestation with bluetongue virus serotypes 10, 11, 13, or 17, or with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotypes 1 or 2, resulted in overt clinical disease in the 47 ewes inoculated with bluetongue virus but not in the 6 ewes inoculated with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus. None of the lambs produced by these ewes had developmental defects or any evidence of persistence of viremia.

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