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ArticleBMC veterinary research2020

Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 2 infections in Bavaria: an analysis of the current situation - several years after eradicating Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 1.

Stefanie Singer, Bernd Hoffmann, Angela Hafner-Marx, Jürgen Christian, Friederike Forster, Katharina Schneider, Gabriela Knubben-Schweizer, Antonie Neubauer-Juric

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Stefanie SingerBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Bernd HoffmannInstitute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Insel Riems, Germany.
Angela Hafner-MarxBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Jürgen ChristianBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Erlangen, Germany.
Friederike ForsterBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Katharina SchneiderBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Gabriela Knubben-SchweizerClinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Antonie Neubauer-JuricBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstrasse 2, 85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany. antonie.neubauer-juric@lgl.bayern.de.
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz 17-21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBavaria, a large federal state in Germany, has been declared free from infections with Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) in 2011. To maintain this status the cattle population is monitored for antibodies against BoHV-1 regularly. Several years ago, infrequent but recurrent problems in this sero-surveillance were statistically put into correlation with the presence of antibodies against Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 2 (BoHV-2). In Europe, BoHV-2 is primarily known as the agent causing bovine herpes mammillitis. However, very little information about BoHV-2 infections in Bavaria is available so far. Therefore, the aims of this study were to determine BoHV-2 seroprevalences and to detect virus genomes in potential clinical samples.

results6801 blood sera of healthy cattle from all over Bavaria were tested for antibodies against BoHV-2, revealing an overall seroprevalence of 5.51%. Interestingly, seroprevalences markedly varied between the North and the South of Bavaria, namely from 0.42 to 11.17%. Concurrently, the previously reported relation between the epidemiologically inexplicable sero-reactivities in BoHV-1 ELISAs and the presence of BoHV-2 infections were statistically corroborated in this study. To detect BoHV-2 genomes a fast and sensitive real time PCR was established. Using a multiple PCR strategy, tissue samples from skin lesions at relevant localizations, corresponding lymph nodes, and trigeminal ganglia from 111 animals, as well as nasal swabs from 918 bovines with respiratory symptoms were tested. However, BoHV-2 genomes were not detected in any of these samples.

conclusionsBoHV-2 antibodies were found in samples from bovines all over Bavaria, albeit with an explicit South-North-divide. BoHV-2 genomes, however, could not be detected in any of the analyzed samples, indicating that acute clinical cases as well as obvious virus reactivation are relatively rare. Consequently, the future spread of BoHV-2 infections throughout Bavaria, particularly, after eradicating BoHV-1, has to be further monitored.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralCattleCattle DiseasesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGermanyHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 2, BovineReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, ViralBavariaBoHV-1BoHV-2Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 1Bovine Alphaherpesvirus 2Bovine herpes mammillitisGermanyReal time PCRSeroprevalence

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