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1 April 2013 GAMMAHERPESVIRUS INFECTION IN SEMIDOMESTICATED REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS): A CROSS-SECTIONAL, SEROLOGIC STUDY IN NORTHERN NORWAY
Carlos G. das Neves, Hanne M. Ihlebæk, Eystein Skjerve, Willy Hemmingsen, Hong Li, Morten Tryland
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Abstract

Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is caused by a group of gammaherpesviruses that primarily affect domestic and wild ruminants. Using competitive-inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we screened 3,339 apparently healthy, semidomesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from Finnmark County, Norway, sampled during slaughter. The overall antibody prevalence was 3.5% and varied among reindeer herding districts in Finnmark (0–6.7%), the largest reindeer herding region in Norway. The risk of exposure to gammaherpesvirus (i.e., seroconversion) was significantly higher for adult reindeer than it was for calves ≤1 yr, for reindeer in east Finnmark (3.8%) compared with west Finnmark (3.3%), and with increasing population density. No evidence of disease associated with this virus was detected in reindeer sampled for this study, but because samples were collected at slaughterhouses, one cannot discard the possibility of these events happening in the field. The low antibody prevalence could indicate occasional infection of reindeer with another ruminant gammaherpesvirus or the presence of a yet-unknown, specific, low-pathogenic reindeer gammaherpesvirus. Further studies should aim at characterizing the virus circulating in reindeer and address the potential clinical impact of this virus.

Carlos G. das Neves, Hanne M. Ihlebæk, Eystein Skjerve, Willy Hemmingsen, Hong Li, and Morten Tryland "GAMMAHERPESVIRUS INFECTION IN SEMIDOMESTICATED REINDEER (RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS): A CROSS-SECTIONAL, SEROLOGIC STUDY IN NORTHERN NORWAY," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49(2), 261-269, (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.7589/2012-07-185
Received: 12 July 2012; Accepted: 1 October 2012; Published: 1 April 2013
KEYWORDS
cELISA
gammaherpesvirus
Malignant catarrhal fever
ovine herpesvirus 2
PCR
reindeer
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