Serological evidence of HoBi-like virus circulation in Argentinean water buffaloes

ANDREA PECORA; MARIA SOL PEREZ-AGUIRREBURUALDE; DARIO MALACARI; ZABAL O; SALA JUAN; CASPE SERGIO; BAUERMANN FERNANDO; RIDPATH JULIA; MARIA JOSE DUS SANTOS

Dublin

Congreso; World Buiatrics Congress; 2016

HoBi-like pestiviruses (also known as BVDV-3) have been sporadically reported from naturally infected cattle in Brazil, Asia and Europe (1). Although Hobi-like viruses seem to be endemic in Brazilian bovines and water buffaloes, they have not been studied in the other countries of South America.The aim of this work was to determine the serological levels of BVDV-1, BVDV-2 and Hobi-like Virus in non-vaccinated water buffaloes from three northeast provinces of Argentina, in order to have an update of the circulation of pestiviruses in that region.