Detection of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus in a Case Series of Clinically Cachectic Cattle from Tiaret, Algeria
Nacira Ghenoumat, Houari Hemida, Assia Boumezrag, Dimitrije Glišić, Sofija Šolaja, Ljubiša Veljović, Vesna Milićević, Librado Carrasco Otero, Wentao Li · 2025
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Nacira Ghenoumat and co-authors hunt for bovine viral diarrhea virus in wasting cattle in Algeria, in a 2025 paper. The virus suppresses immunity and often travels with the weight loss and muscle wasting called cachexia. The team examined one hundred visibly wasting animals from ten herds around Tiaret province.
Antibody tests, gene detection, and virus culture covered the herd from three angles. Over nine in ten animals carried antibodies, showing wide past exposure. Adults and males tested slightly higher, though not significantly. Gene typing named the circulating strain as subtype BVDV-1f, kin to European sequences. The authors stop short of blaming the virus for the wasting itself; its immune suppression may simply open the door to other infections.
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| CREATOR | Nacira Ghenoumat, Houari Hemida, Assia Boumezrag, Dimitrije Glišić, Sofija Šolaja, Ljubiša Veljović, Vesna Milićević, Librado Carrasco Otero, Wentao Li |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |