Article
Border disease of sheep: the disease in the newborn, adolescent and adult.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1992
Sawyer M M
Abstract excerpt
Border disease (BD) is a condition of newborn sheep that results from congenital infection by a non-cytopathic pestivirus occurring during the first half of gestation. The expression of the virus is largely determined by the age of the fetus at the time of infection, producing four distinct disease syndromes: (1) early embryonic death, (2) abortion and stillbirth, (3) birth of lambs with malformations, and (4)...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Border Disease
- Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Variation
- Immune Tolerance
- Sheep