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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) (