HVC-1, reindeer herpesvirus) were detected in red deer. (Cervus elaphus) in France and. Belgium. (1% and. 11%, respectively), in roe deer. (
Journal
SEROLOGICAL
SURVEY
WILD
RUMINANTS
Etienne
Thiry,’
Catherine
OF FRANCE
Mariane
Vercouter,’
Sepulchre,2
Bernard
ColIin,2
OF HERPESVIRUS
Jean
C#{233}cile
Jean
AND
Blancou,3
and
Diseases,
24(2).
© Wildlife
Disease
Wildlife
INFECTIONS
1988,
268-273
pp
Asax’iation
1988
IN
BELGIUM
Dubuisson,’
Carole
‘
of
Jacques
Barrat,3
Meersschaert,’
Paul-Pierre
Pastoret’
Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, B1070 Brussels, Belgium 2 Centre de M#{233}decine du Gibier, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, B107O Brussels, Belgium Centre National d’Etudes sur Ia Rage et Ia Pathologie des Animaux Sauvages, BP 9, F-54220 Malzeville, France ‘
(BHV-2)
and
Belgium
bovid
between
1981
against
(Rupicapra
rupicapra) HVC-1, reindeer
BHV-6,
Belgium in red
and from
this
Key
11%,
(Capra
ibex deer
with
BHV-2
(1%
in
words:
ibex)
4
(4%)
Belgium,
virus,
capreolus,
chamois,
was
France.
herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), bovid herpesvirus reindeer herpesvirus, bovine herpesvirus
The
has
bovine herpesvirus bovid herpesvirus
Rupicapra
investigated
presence
rupicapra,
Cervus
wild
Ruminants
are
tracheitis bovine
herpesvirus (bovine the
catarrhal
pesvirus
fever
minants
are
these
animals.
fections
Two
The
prevalence
related isolated
to from
ru-
her-
of such
inEuare
have ruminants:
type
1 (HVC-1)
infected
of Cervidae type roe deer, Cervus
to
from 6
named et a!.,
capnine 1981)
our
under-
of surveys
herpesagainst
isolation
of
revision;
this
conducted in et a!. (1986).
Great Another
domestic
(BHV-6;
goat, 2 by
infections
two
has
been
Britain by herpesvi-
Ludwig,
herpesvirus is antigenically
these
bovid
her-
1983;
also
Roizman related are
to not
restricted to their natural host since two cross-infections have been demonstrated. BHV-1 may infect
domestic mann et
been
wild
the require
pesvirus
always species recently
doc-
continental which
before
isolated
especially
are now
important
BHV-1 (Ludwig, 1983). Ruminant herpesvirus
from
is poorly
BIIV-1
rus
diseases
other
is
may
already Nettleton
2
also
ruminants
especially in herpesviruses
antigenically recently
but isolated
HVC-1,
ibex.
species
BHV-1,
malig-
domestic
Capra
viruses,
her-
major
1983), been
wild
in
umented, rope.
the in
(Ludwig, have
of
(A!celaphinae
herpesviruses
pesviruses
of
1 [BHV-1]), form
against
standing of the epizootiology virus infections. Serological
rhino-
herpesvirus
African
1 [AHV-1]) by
a variety
bovine
(bovine and
caused
by
mammillitis
[BHV-2]) nant
infected Infectious
of antibodies
elaphus,
INTRODUCTION
herpesviruses.
2
in
wild ruminants in continental Europe isolated only in Scotland. 1, bovine herpesvirus 2, herpesvirus 4, bovid herpesvirus 6, wild ruminants,
that been
suggest
previously
Serology, herpesvirus,
(BHV-4)
from
may
which
1, reindeer
against bovine 1 (HVC-1),
type
wild ruminants of France and and 1986. There were no animals serologically positive for BHV-4. Anwere demonstrated in roe deer (Cervus capreolus) (
