Table 3. RT-PCRs and serological tests to detect the prevalence of EHDV in cattle sampled in the farms where clinical cases were observed.
Farm | Cattle | RT-PCR | Virus isolationb) | Titer of neutralizing antibody | |||||
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Ibaraki-2c) | KS-1/E/13 c) | ||||||||
EHDV segment 3 | IBAV segment 2 | HmLu-1 | BHK-21 | pre | post | pre | post | ||
A | A-1a) | + | + | – | NT | 1,024 | 1,024 | 2 | 2 |
A-2 | + | – | – | NT | 2 | 8 | 2 | 256 | |
A-3 | + | + | – | NT | 2 | 512 | <2 | <2 | |
A-4 | – | – | – | NT | <2 | 16 | <2 | <2 | |
A-5 | – | – | – | NT | <2 | <2 | <2 | <2 | |
A-6 | – | – | – | NT | <2 | <2 | <2 | <2 | |
B | B-1 a) | + | + | – | – | 128 | 1,024 | 4 | 2 |
B-2 | – | – | – | – | <2 | 512 | <2 | 2 | |
B-3 | + | – | – | – | 512 | 256 | 2 | 2 | |
B-4 | – | – | – | – | <2 | 512 | <2 | 2 | |
B-5 | + | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 16 | 128 | |
B-6 | + | + | – | – | 64 | 128 | <2 | 8 | |
B-7 | + | + | – | + (KS-7/E/13) | 8 | 256 | <2 | <2 | |
B-8 | – | – | – | – | <2 | 2 | <2 | <2 | |
B-9 | + | – | – | + (KS-8/E/13) | <2 | 128 | <2 | 2 |
a) Cattle showing swallowing difficulty, b) Parenthesis indicates virus isolate, c) EHDV isolates used for VNTs, NT: not tested.