Ruminant Multisystemic Disease Flashcards
T/F: BVDV can be eliminated
True
What is the prevalence of BVD
50-90% of cattle are serologically positive
<1 to 2% of general cattle population thta is persistently infected animals and individual herds may be higher
What are the different Flaviviruses
RNA viruses
1) Pestiviruses
-Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV)
-Border Disease Virus (BDCV)
-Hog Cholera Virus (HCV)
2) Flaviviruses
-Louping III virus
-Japanese Encephalitis Virus
-Wesselsbron Virus
3) Human Hepatitis C Virus
Why is BVDV really hard to get people to want to eradicate it
because it doesnt cause severe enough death, like other viruses do
T/F: both cytopathic and noncytopathic BVDV can cause clinical disease
True
What is the main difference between the cytopathic vs noncytopathic BVDV biotypes
In vitro designation
noncytopathic viruses are predominant biotype transmitted naturally
BOTH cause clinical disease
What is the predominant BVDV biotype
Noncytopathic - because persistently infected animals can only be infected with the noncytopathic strain
When vaccinating for BVDV, you need to vaccinate against what
BOTH BVDV Type 1 and Type 2
How does BVDV Type 1 and Type 2 differ
antigenically and genetically different
both cause similar disease syndromes
what BVDV type causes thrombocytopenic syndrome
BVDV Type 2
T/F: BVDV has strong antigenic drift
True
What serves as the primary reservoir for shedding of BVDV into the environment
Persistently infected animals
What other species might maintain BVDV
Sheep
Deer
Pigs
The infection outcomes of BVD depend on
-Pregnancy status
-Gestational age
-Immune status
-Strain of virus
What are the 4 infection outcomes of animals with BVDV
1) Acute infection
2) Fetal Infection
3) Mucosal Disease
4) Persistent infection
Animals with acute BVD infection likely are
NOT persistently infected
In fact, they havent seen virus or low levels of immunity
experiencing just a transient signs
What are the clinical signs of acute BVD infection
Most are subclinical and just transient infection
Mild fever, maybe missed
Clinical: fever, diarrhea, depression, ocular/nasal discharge, ulcers platelet problems- bleeding
Mucosal disease (if PI and superinfected)
immine suppression- BRD, poor vaccine response
If a cow is a persistently infected cow and gets acute infection / superinfected with different strain then what occurs
Mucosal disease
PI cattle infected with endogenous noncytopathic BVDV
OR
animals become superinfected with cytopathic strain of BVDV
Mucosal Disease
Why might you see Bovine Respiratroy disease and poor vaccine response with BVD
immunosuppression
causes thrombocytopenia
neutropenia
lymphopenia
T/F: Acute BVDV infection causes severe fever, diarrhea, depression
False- often times subclinical or missed
BVD fetal infection is dependent on
1) Viral strain
2) Stage of pregnancy
Fetal infection with BVD might cause
1) Embryonic death
2) Abortion
3) Congenital defects
4) Persistent infection 30 to 125-150 days
5) Fetal immune response and seroconversion resulting in healthy live calf (>180 days of gestation) - NCP or CP
What form of BVDV creates persistently infected individuals
Non-cytopathic
Calves with persistent infection to BVDV are infected within what time frame of gestation
30-125 days of gestation
How does the fetus become immunotolerant and have a persistent BVDV infection when infects days 30-125 days of gestation
Fetus becomes immunotolerant when the non-cytopathic virus strain infects them
No antibodies to the particular viral strain (before immune development of MHC)
the virus persists - clinically normal, weak, poor doer, immunosuppressed
With fetal infection of BVD,i f infected 30-125 days of gestation, the virus persist. what are the fates of the animal
Clinically normal
Weak, poor doer
Immunosuppressed
50% die within the first year of life
What is the key to eradicating BVDV
Eradicating the persistently infected animals
What is the fate of persistently infected calves with BVDV
50% die within the first year of life
few survive beyond 2 years of age
may be born small, have slow growth rates, appear unthrifty, predisposed to infections
some appear clinically healthy
What is the primary source of BVDV infection spread
Persistently infected cows- shed phenomenal amounts of virus
PIs occur when the fetus is infected between
30-125 days of age
At what stage of gestation does BVDV cause early embryonic death and infertilty
within the first month of gestation - fetus just dies
Calves that come across BVDV after 180 days of gestation have
fetal immune response, seroconversion
born healthy live calf
Congenital effects from BVDV occur when infection happens
during 60-80 to 150-180 days of gestation
What is seen with BVDV causing reproductive failure
5-10% drop in 1st service conception
5-10% increase in early embryonic death
2-5% increase in sporadic abortion
What congenital defects do you see with BVD infections during 80-180 days of gestaton
Cerebellar hypoplasia *
Hydrocephalus
Hypomyelogenesis
Microphthalmia
Cataracts
Retinal atrophy/dysplasia
Brachygnathia
Thymic hypoplasia
Hypotrichosis
BVDV causing thrombocytopenia is from a
Type 2 Non-cytopathic strain of BVDV
Immunosuppression from BVDV is typically associated with what form of infection
Acute infection
What is seen with immunosuppression of BVDV
1) Humoral and cell mediated immunity is impaired
2) Leukopenia
3) Lymphoid depletion
4) Decreased responsiveness of lymphocytes
5) Inhibited bactericidal activity of neutrophils
6) Associated with BRD
Why is BVD commonly associated with bone respiratory disease complex
because it causes increased susceptibilty to disease and decreased vaccination response
What is seen with hemorrhagic syndrome from BVDV
Thrombocytopenia from NCP BVD type II
-Platelet destruction and altered function
-Hemorrhagic diathesis
-Bloody diarrhea, epistaxis, hyphema, bleeding from injection sites, petechiation, ecchymoses, uterine bleeding
What are the 3 ways cows might get mucosal disease BVD
1) Spontaneous mutation in PI animal -most common
2) Natural or iatrogenic (MLV vaccine) infection- currently rare
3) Recombination between a heterologous cytopathic virus (natural or iatrogenic) and the persistent non-cytopathic virus (extremely rare)
What is the most common way an animal might get mucosal disease
PI animal has spontaneous mutation of BVD
Mucosal disease from BVD has the exact same clinical signs as
Rinderpest
What are the clinical signs of mucosal disease from BVD
1) Persistently high fever
2) Severe epithelial erosions/ulcerations *
on GIT and interdigital space, teats, vulva
Case fatality rate - 100%
most die within 3-10 days
What is the case fatality rate of mucosal disease from BVD
100%
most die within 3-10 days
Where does the severe epithelial erosions / ulcerations seen with mucosal disease typically occur
GI tract: tongue, palate, buccal surfaces, palate > severe diarrhea leading to severe diarrhea / dysentery
Interdigital space, coronary band leading to lameness
Teats, Vuval
What does the BVD leukogram look like
1) Lymphopenia
2) Neutropenia
-Severe (<1000/ul)
-No left shift
3) Thrombocytopenia
-Less than 100,000/ul, sometimes as low as 10,000 uL
type II, non-cytopathic, acute BVD
What is the mode of BVD transmission
Most secretions
-in feces, aersols, saliva, urine, uterine fluids, blood
inhalation/ingestion
blood feeding insects
mechanical vectors- needles
horizontal/veneareal - semen
vertical- transplacental
Animals with BVD acute infects shed
lower levels with limited length of shedding
How is BVD most commonly spread to different farms
most farms buy the problem into the herd
with PI or cow pregnant with a PI
PI animals that get pregnant will always produce what offspring
produce PI infected offspring
How do you diagnose BVD
Suspicion: herd records, signalment and history, clinical signs and CBC, pathology/ histopathology
Definitive:
virus isolation (tissue, blood/serum)
PCR, ELISA
Serology
How do you get the definitive BVD diagnosis
virus isolation (tissue, blood/serum)
PCR, ELISA
Serology
How do you screen a herd for BVD
BVD Serology
1) 10 or more in-contact animals
2) Calves >6 months of age
3) Any titer >512 suggestive of circulating BVD
indicates the likely presence of a PI animal
Any BVD titer in a calve >6 months of age that is greater than ______ is suggestive of BVD
> 512