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A Field Outbreak Caused by Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 18, pages 429–431 (1977)
Abstract
Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) caused a large epizootic of acute respiratory disease in Japan in 1968—69 (Inaba et al. 1970, Inaba et al. 1972). A much smaller outbreak occurred in Switzerland (Paccaud & Jacquier 1970). In Belgium the virus has been isolated from an outbreak of respiratory disease (Wellemans et al. 1970). BRSV has later been proved an important causal agent of respiratory disorders in the same country (Wellemans & Leiinen 1975). In England and USA the virus has caused and been isolated from outbreaks of acute respiratory disease in calves (Jacobs & Edington 1971, Rosenquist 1974, Smith et al. 1974). In Denmark BRSV has sporadically been isolated from pneumonic calf lungs (Bitsch et al. 1976).
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The known strain of BRSV and the BT cell line were kindly supplied by Dr. V. Bitsch, the State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark. The authors are also indebted to Dr. L. H.
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Qdegaard, Q.A., Krogsrud, J. A Field Outbreak Caused by Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Acta Vet Scand 18, 429–431 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548441
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