Pestiviruses infect a wide range of domestic, captive and free-living ruminants. Among domestic livestock, Border disease virus is a well recognised cause of an important congenital disease of sheep in virtually all sheep-rearing countries of the world. The clinical signs, pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and control of this disease are described in detail. One natural outbreak of Border d...

Reindeer species (Rangifer tarandus, Linnaeus, 1758) includes wild and semi-domesticated ruminants belonging to Capreaolinae subfamily of Cervidae family reared in Eurasia (reindeer subspecies) and North America (caribou subspecies). Herding of reindeer has a great historical, socio-economic and ecological importance, especially to indigenous ethnic minorities. Infectious disease threats may th...

The aim of this review is to summarize the informations accumulated during the two last decades on hog cholera virus, a member of the pestivirus genus. Different aspects concerning the virus-host cell interactions, and the structural and antigenic properties of the virion itself are successively analyzed. Despite numerous works, many basic informations are still lacking, which can be explained ...

Çiftlik hayvanlarında multisistemik enfeksiyon tablosu ve yüksek ekonomik kayıplara sebep olan pestiviruslar geniş konakçı spektrumuna sahiptirler. Bu viruslar spesifik olmadıklarından, türler arası geçiş epidemiyolojik yaygınlık açısından önemlidir. Keçilerde oluşan pestivirus enfeksiyonlarına bağlı olarak gebelerde abortlar, anomalili yavru doğumları verim kayıpları meydana gelebilmektedir. a...

Several monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against hog cholera virus (HCV) reacted with the HCV structural glycoprotein gp44/48 and neutralized the virus. The presence of HCV gp44/48 on the viral surface was directly demonstrated by immunogold electron microscopy. Eight anti-HCV gp44/48 MAbs were tested by immunoperoxidase assay against a panel of pestivirus strains. Each MAb showed a distinct...