infects fetuses, as suggested by the cerebral malformations observed by the authors, its biology would differ significantly from that of wild type BTV strains studied previously.To confirm, and examine the importance of, transplacental transmission of the current BTV-8 strain under field conditions, a total of 110 pairs of serum samples from cows and their calves were collected during caesarean sections,
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