Isolation of Parainfluenza type 5 virus from sheep in New Zealand.

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Abstract Extract Sir,—The isolation of ovine strains of Parainfluenza type 3 (PI3) virus was first recorded by Hore (1966 Hore, D. E. 1966. Isolation of ovine strains of Parainfluenza virus serologically related to type 3. Vet. Rec., 79: 466–467. [Crossref], [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]) in the United Kingdom, and subsequently by Ditchfield (1966 Ditchfield, J. 1966. Isolation of Parainfluenza type 3 from Canadian sheep. Vet. Rec., 79: 773–773. [Google Scholar]) in Canada, and St. George (1969 St. George, T. D. 1969. The isolation of Myxovirus Parainfluenza type 3 from sheep in Australia. Aust. vet. J., 45: 321–325. [Google Scholar]) in Australia. Fastier and Hansen (1966 Fastier, L. B. and Hansen, N. F. 1966. The occurrence of antibodies to bovine virus diarrhoea, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and Parainfluenza 3 viruses in sera from New Zealand cattle. N.Z. vet. J., 14: 27–32. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) demonstrated antibodies to PI3 virus in the sera of cattle in New Zealand.