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A survey of free-ranging deer in Ireland for serological evidence of exposure to bovine viral diarrhoea virus, bovine herpes virus-1, bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus.
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- Prevalence ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024Pooled it
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- In vitro efficacy of bovine lactoferrin against bovine viral diarrhea virus.Archives of microbiology · 2025Article
- Research progress on the diagnostic techniques and vaccine development of bovine herpesvirus types 1.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Molecular Epidemiology and Control Strategies for BVDV: A Global Systematic Review From 2000 to 2025.Veterinary medicine international · 2025Review
- Monitoring Pathogens in Free-Living Large Herbivores in a Nature Reserve in the Netherlands.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2025Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Urban Population of Wild Fallow Deer, Dublin, Ireland, 2020-2022.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Bluetongue virus seroprevalence and risk factor analysis in cattle and water buffalo in southern Italy (Campania region).Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- The first study on the occurrence of bovine herpesviruses in the wild fauna of the Moscow region, Russia.Veterinary world · 2022Article
- Serosurveillance and Molecular Investigation of Wild Deer in Australia Reveals Seroprevalence ofViruses · 2020Article
- Schmallenberg virus: a systematic international literature review (2011-2019) from an Irish perspective.Irish veterinary journal · 2019Review
- A Multi-Pathogen Screening of Captive Reindeer (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Comparison Between the Fecal Bacterial Microbiota of Healthy and Diarrheic Captive Musk Deer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundDeer are an important wildlife species in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland having colonised most regions across the island of Ireland. In comparison to cattle and sheep which represent the main farmed ruminant species on the island, there is a lack of data concerning their exposure, as measured by the presence of antibodies, to important viral pathogens of ruminants. A study was therefore undertaken to investigate the seroprevalence of wild deer to four viruses, namely bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV), bovine herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1), Schmallenberg virus (SBV) and bluetongue virus (BTV).
resultsTwo panels of sera were assembled; Panel 1 comprised 259 samples (202 collected in the Republic of Ireland and 57 in Northern Ireland) between 2013 and 2015, while Panel 2 comprised 131 samples collected in the Republic of Ireland between 2014 and 2015. Overall sika deer (
conclusionsThe results indicate a very low seroprevalence for both BVDV and BoHV-1 in the wild deer tested within the study and, are consistent with a very low prevalence in Ireland. While serological cross-reaction with cervid herpesviruses cannot be excluded, the results in both cases suggest that the presence of these viruses in deer is not a significant risk to their control and eradication from the cattle population. This is important given the ongoing programme to eradicate BVDV in Ireland and deliberations on a national eradication programme for BoHV-1. The SBV results show consistency with those reported from cattle and sheep on the island of Ireland, while the BTV results are consistent with this virus remaining exotic to Ireland. The results provide a baseline against which future surveys of either wild or farmed/captive deer populations can be compared.
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