“…To our knowledge, this is the first report of identification of IDV in western Canada. IDV was initially identified in swine in the United States, and then was found to be prevalent in cattle of the United States, Luxembourg, Ireland, France, Japan and China (Flynn et al, ; Mekata et al, ; Snoeck et al, ; Su, Fu, Li, Kerlin, & Veit, ). IDV may be an emerging pathogen in Canadian cattle; or, on the other hand, the lack of Canadian reports before may be due to the unavailability of a diagnostic assay.…”