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Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of bovine viral diarrhea virus isolates from BVDV infected alpacas in North America.
Veterinary microbiology - 12 May 2009
Kim Sung G, Anderson Renee R, Yu Jin Z, Zylich Nancy C, Kinde Hailu, Carman Suzanne, Bedenice Daniela, Dubovi Edward J
Abstract excerpt
Over a three-year period, 2004-2007, greater than 12,000 alpacas in the United States were screened by real-time RT-PCR to identify alpacas persistently infected (PI) with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). A total of 46 BVD viruses were isolated from PI alpacas or diagnostic samples from alpacas. Forty-three US alpaca BVDV isolates and 3 Canadian isolates were analyzed by comparison of nucleotide sequences of...
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