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The two sides of border disease in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica): silent persistence and population collapse.
Animal health research reviews - 1 Jun 2015
Marco Ignasi, Cabezón Oscar, Velarde Roser, Fernández-Sirera Laura, Colom-Cadena Andreu, Serrano Emmanuel, Rosell Rosa, Casas-Díaz Encarna, Lavín Santiago
Abstract excerpt
In 2001, border disease virus (BDV) was identified as the cause of a previously unreported disease in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) in Spain. Since then, the disease has caused a dramatic decrease, and in some cases collapse, of chamois populations and has expanded to nearly the entire distribution area in the Pyrenees. Chamois BDV was characterized as BDV-4 genotype and experimental studies confirmed...
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