Key result
Anti-pestivirus antibodies were detected in 12.5% of semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finnmark County, Norway, with seroprevalence varying from 0% to 45% among herding districts.
Why the study?
Pestiviruses cause severe diseases in livestock and have been detected in cervids, prompting investigation into pestivirus infections in semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer.
Cross-Sectional (n=3,339)
This study demonstrates a 12.5% seroprevalence of a reindeer-specific pestivirus closely related to BDV in semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer in Norway.
Supports pestivirus circulation in reindeer; hypothesis-generating for surveillance and transmission studies.
) cause severe and economically important diseases in livestock. Serological studies have revealed the presence of pestiviruses in different cervid species, including wild and semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer. In this retrospective study, serum samples collected between 2006 and 2008 from 3339 semi-domesticated Eurasian reindeer from Finnmark County, Norway, were tested for anti-pestivirus antibodies using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a subset of these by virus neutralization test (VNT). A seroprevalence of 12.5% was found, varying from 0% to 45% among different herding districts, and 20% in western Finnmark, as compared to 1.7% in eastern Finnmark. Seroprevalence increased with age. Pestivirus-specific RNA was not detected in any of the 225 serum samples tested by real-time RT-PCR. Based on VNT results, using a panel of one bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) strain and two border disease virus (BDV) strains, the virus is most likely a reindeer-specific pestivirus closely related to BDV. A characterization of the causative virus and its pathogenic impact on reindeer populations, as well as its potential to infect other domestic and wild ruminants, should be further investigated.
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Neves et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Pestivirus infection (n=3,339). Pestivirus exposure was evaluated on Seroprevalence of anti-pestivirus antibodies. Anti-pestivirus antibodies were detected in 12.5% of semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer in Finnmark County, Norway, with seroprevalence varying from 0% to 45% among herding districts.
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