Abstract
Skin biopsies from 184 cattle were immunohistochemically tested for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infection. BVDV infection was detected sensitively and specifically by visceral organ immunohistochemistry or by standard virological methods.
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease / diagnosis*
- Cattle
- Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / isolation & purification*
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
- Immunohistochemistry*
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Skin / virology*
- Viscera / virology