The serological relationship of herpesvirus ovis to other herpesviruses and its possible involvement in the aetiology of jaagsiekte

• Main Authors: Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand, Meyer-Scharrer, Elizabeth, De Villiers, Ethel-Michele, Broekman, J.
• Other Authors: Bigalke, R.D., Morren, A.J., Verster, Anna J.M., Walker, Jane B., Cameron, Colin McKenzie, Gilchrist, Frances M.C., Steyn, P.J.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria 2016
• Subjects: Veterinary medicine; Veterinary medicine > South Africa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53982

Cross-neutralization studies showed that 3 different isolates of herpesvirus ovis from cell cultures derived from the lungs of sheep suffering from jaagsiekte were not only identical but were also related to a similar isolate made in Scotland. No relationship, however, could be established between herpesvirus ovis and common bovine or equine herpesviruses. Antibodies to herpesvirus ovis were present in roughly 70% of all animals tested and no evidence was obtained for the involvement of the virus in the aetiology of jaagsiekte. On the other hand, the absence of antibodies in sheep sera from Iceland as well as the other data obtained in this study did not exclude involvement of the virus in jaagsiekte. This article has been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-Format.