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. 1979 Jul;27(1):118-20.

Preliminary observations on transplacental infection of bluetongue virus in sheep-a possible overwintering mechanism

  • PMID: 228365

Preliminary observations on transplacental infection of bluetongue virus in sheep-a possible overwintering mechanism

E P Gibbs et al. Res Vet Sci. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

Sheep infected mid-gestation with bluetongue virus type 4 and type 16 produced clinically normal lambs that were viraemic at birth. Viraemia persisted for two months in some lambs even though they received colostrum. It is suggested that transplacental infection of bluetongue virus in sheep may be an overwintering mechanism for the virus in some areas of the world.

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