Brandonm22
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This is bad news and pretty means that if your herd has not been exposed to BVD it eventually will be.
"There is evidence that BVDV replicates in a wide variety of domesticated and wild ruminants including cervidae (deer species) and caprinae (big horn sheep, etc.), says Dr. Julia Ridpath, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa. In most wildlife ruminant species it appears that acute and persistent infections occur and clinical presentation is similar to that seen in cattle. There may be differences in the replication and shed of the virus between cattle and cervids."
http://www.drovers.com/directories.asp? ... ed_id=5167
"There is evidence that BVDV replicates in a wide variety of domesticated and wild ruminants including cervidae (deer species) and caprinae (big horn sheep, etc.), says Dr. Julia Ridpath, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa. In most wildlife ruminant species it appears that acute and persistent infections occur and clinical presentation is similar to that seen in cattle. There may be differences in the replication and shed of the virus between cattle and cervids."
http://www.drovers.com/directories.asp? ... ed_id=5167