Detection of border disease virus in Mexican cattle

Abstract

Summary The genus Pestivirus within Flaviviridae is comprised of four recognized species, namely, bovine viral diarrhoea virus 1 (BVDV‐1), bovine viral diarrhoea virus 2 (BVDV‐2), border disease virus (BDV) and classical swine fever virus (CSFV). BDV, while primarily infecting sheep and goats, has also been reported in cattle and wild animals. Infections of sheep and goats result in economic loss due to abortions and the birth of persistently infected animals that have poor production and reduced life expectancy. In this study, we report the detection of BDV in cattle serum collected as part of pestivirus surveillance programme from six regions of Mexico, where a 67.1% of BVDV seroprevalence was calculated previously. Phylogenetic analyses based on comparison of the 5′UTR region typed the Mexican strains as BDV‐1. Border disease (BD) is listed as an exotic disease in Mexico, and the origin of BDV found in these cattle is unclear. This is the first identification of BDV in Mexican cattle.

Genomic characterization of pestiviruses isolated from bovine, ovine and caprine foetuses in Turkey: A potentially new genotype of Pestivirus I species

“…BVDV-1 and BVDV-2 viruses are distributed worldwide in comparison to BDV, which has been reported in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey and several European countries (Becher, Shannon, Tautz, & Thiel, 1994;Braun et al, 2014;Cowley, Clegg, Doherty, & More, 2012;Deng et al, 2015;García-Pérez et al, 2009;Gómez-Romero et al, 2018;Krametter-Froetscher et al, 2010;Ridpath, Fulton, Kirkland, & Neill, 2010;Sullivan, Chang, & Akkina, 1997;Vilcek, Nettleton, Paton, & Belák, 1997).…”

Global Distribution and Genetic Heterogeneity of Border Disease Virus

“…BDV has also been reported outside of Europe, in Australia [ 28 , 70 , 92 ], China [ 101 , 102 ], India [ 103 ], Japan [ 25 , 26 ], Mexico [ 37 ], New Zealand [ 34 , 42 , 72 ], Tajikistan [ 104 ], and the USA [ 43 , 65 , 105 ]. In North America, in the 1970s, a disease characterized by unthriftiness, hairy fleece, and tremors in fetuses and newborn lambs was reported in northern California [ 106 ].…”

“…Several studies have reported the adaptive plasticity of BDV to cross the species barrier and infect pigs [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ] and cattle [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. Moreover, BDV can be transmitted among domesticated species and from domesticated to wild species such as chamois, llama, alpaca, bison, and reindeer [ 28 , 39 , 40 , 41 ].…”

Epidemiology of Pestivirus H in Brazil and Its Control Implications

“…Additionally, the testing of FBS lots originated and packed in the US producing plants supported that the US remained free of HoBiPev (32). Similarly, extensive characterization of pestiviruses in Mexico failed to identify HoBiPev (33,34).…”