Abstract
Eight isolates of Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) were made from calves with severe respiratory disease on seven farms in one region of Britain. Genetic analysis of the viruses showed that seven, which were isolated between 1997 and 1999 were almost identical and were distinguishable from an earlier 1991 isolate. When compared with the available sequences of BRSVs from other countries, the recent British isolates were more closely related to US isolates than to earlier British and current mainland European isolates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 196-9 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Print publication - 20 May 2003 |
Bibliographical note
AA114Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases/epidemiology
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Disease Outbreaks/veterinary
- Europe/epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/epidemiology
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- United Kingdom/epidemiology
- United States/epidemiology