Antibodies to Pathogenic Livestock Viruses in a Wild Vicuñe;a (Vicugna vicugna) Population in the Argentinean Andean Altiplano

Bluetongue virus in South America, Central America and the Caribbean

“…One of them is the geographical isolation of Chile from the rest of South American countries given by the high Andes Mountains and dry and desert areas like Atacama Desert. This desert/arid region in the north of Chile reaches the northern provinces of Argentina as well as the south of Bolivia; these regions have been suggested as barriers for the disease because the climate conditions are not suitable for the Culicoides life cycle (Legisa et al, 2013;Marcoppido et al, 2010Marcoppido et al, , 2011Puntel et al, 1998). This could explain the lack of detection in the area formed by the north of Argentina and Chile and the southwest of Bolivia.…”

Disorders of the Digestive System

“…Rotavirus is a double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae. [144][145][146][147] This suggests rotavirus may be endemic in many populations of both wild and domestic South American camelids. Rotavirus is blamed for diarrheal disease in neonates of most farm animal species, and also occasionally causes disease in adults.…”

Isolation and characterization of bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 from water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Argentina

“…Water buffalo breeding represents an important economic alternative in Argentina, which allows access to national and international markets. This species is susceptible to several viral infections [20,24,25] including BPIV3 as reported in a very early in 1966 in Egypt [26]. In addition to its potential relevance with respect to water buffalo health, this finding bears epidemiological significance due to the risk of transmission of the virus to cattle.…”

“…In Argentina, serological studies conducted in 1980 and 1984 showed a high incidence of antibodies against BPIV3 (77%) in cattle from the main livestock breeding regions [18,19]. In addition, positive serology was reported in domestic and wild South American camelids [20-22] and the virus was isolated from cattle and sheep [23]. However, little is known about the circulation of BPIV3 in cattle and other ruminants in Argentina, as well as about the genotypes that are present in this Southern American country.…”