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Prevalence Of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus In Bovine Samples From The Intermountain West Of The U.S.A. - Comparison Between Age, Sex, Breed And Diagnostic Methods, David J. Wilson, T. J. Baldwin, E. J. Kelly, A. Van Wettere, G. Hullinger, J. Bunnell
Prevalence Of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus In Bovine Samples From The Intermountain West Of The U.S.A. - Comparison Between Age, Sex, Breed And Diagnostic Methods, David J. Wilson, T. J. Baldwin, E. J. Kelly, A. Van Wettere, G. Hullinger, J. Bunnell
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Prevalence of Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) (“detected” test results) among all bovine samples tested at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory from 2008 - 2013 was calculated, and results were compared by age, sex, or breed of the cattle and BVDV diagnostic test methods. Necropsies were tested for BVDV when lesions suggestive of infection were identified. Adults, juveniles and most calves were tested by antigen (Ag) capture ELISA, while fetuses and some calves were tested by real-time reverse transcriptase PCR. Cattle originated from Utah and surrounding states. Chi-square analyses were used to test for significant differences in BVDV prevalence between …