Abstract
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on primers from the viral gl glycoprotein gene detected 3 fg pure BHV-1 DNA, 0.1 TCID 50 or a single infected cell. No amplification was observed with DNA from BHV-2, BHV-3, BHV-4, OHV-1 or OHV-2. However, a fragment of the correct size was amplified using DNA from herpesvirus isolated from reindeer, red deer and goats. The PCR assay was able to detect virus in nasal swabs up to 14 days after experimental infection of cattle and there was a good correlation when PCR was compared with virus isolation for the detection of BHV-1 in clinical field samples. Detection of BHV-1 in fetal bovine serum and semen samples was also successful.
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