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Aurosell, Caroline, 2018. Prevalence of pestivirus in reindeer : a study of reindeer populations in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

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Pestivirus includes four viral species, causing disease and major economic losses in animal production all over the world. The viruses can also infect a wide range of wild animal species, of which the clinical relevance of pestivirus infection is not much investigated. Reindeer kept for reindeer husbandry are of great importance for the indigenous people in Finland, Norway and Sweden, both economically and culturally. There is also a free-ranging feral population of reindeer in Iceland. The present study analysed sera from 217 reindeer in Finland, Iceland Norway and Sweden. Specific antibodies to pestivirus were analysed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and were found in samples from Iceland (8%), Norway (43.3%) and Sweden (49.3%). No seropositive animals were found in Finland. Negative samples from reindeer in populations where specific antibodies had been found were further analysed for pestivirus RNA by a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This was done to find possible persistently infected animals. However, no pestivirus RNA was found. In addition, two samples from each population (in total 14 samples) with positive results from the ELISA, and one sample from Finland with a doubtful result, were further analysed by a virus neutralisation test (VNT). The VNT could confirm the positive ELISA results, and the sample with a doubtful result was shown to be negative in the VNT.

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Pestivirus inkluderar fyra virusarter som orsakar sjukdom och betydande ekonomiska förluster inom husdjursproduktionen världen över. Dessa virus har även förmågan att infektera ett stort antal vilda djurarter, där den kliniska betydelsen av infektion är mindre känd. Renar är mycket viktiga för ursprungsbefolkningarna i Finland, Norge och Sverige, både ekonomiskt och kulturellt. Det finns också en förvildad population av renar på Island. I den här studien analyserades serumprover från 217 renar från populationer i Finland, Island, Norge och Sverige. Specifika antikroppar mot pestivirus analyserades med en enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), och hittades i prover från Island (8 %), Norge (43,4 %) och Sverige (49,3 %). Inga seropositiva djur hittades i Finland. Negativa prover analyserades vidare med realtids reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), för att hitta pestivirus-RNA från möjliga persistent infekterade djur. Inget RNA från pestivirus kunde dock påvisas i proverna. Därutöver utfördes ett virusneutralisationstest (VNT) på två prover från varje population som hade ett positivt resultat i ELISA (totalt 14 prover), samt på ett prov från Finland med resultat i gråzonen mellan positivt och negativt. VNT-resultaten kunde konfirmera de positiva ELISA-resultaten, och provet med resultat i gråzonen visade sig vara negativt i VNT.

Main title:Prevalence of pestivirus in reindeer
Subtitle:a study of reindeer populations in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Authors:Aurosell, Caroline
Supervisor:Albihn, Ann and Werner Omazic, Anna and Johansson Wensman, Jonas
Examiner:Tråven, Madeleine
Series:Examensarbete / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Fakulteten för veterinärmedicin och husdjursvetenskap, Veterinärprogrammet
Volume/Sequential designation:2018:38
Year of Publication:2018
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:VY002 Veterinary Medicine Programme 330 HEC
Supervising department:(VH) > Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health
Keywords:BVD, border disease, bovine viral diarrhoea, BVDV, epidemiology, extensive animal husbandry, ruminants
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-9239
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-9239
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Animal diseases
Language:English
Deposited On:15 Feb 2018 10:00
Metadata Last Modified:25 Feb 2019 13:51

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