Detection of antibodies and risk factors for infection with bovine respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza virus-3 in beef cattle of Yucatan, Mexico

Prev Vet Med. 2007 Nov 15;82(1-2):102-10. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.013. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

Abstract

We collected blood samples from 756 > or =2-year-old cattle in 54 herds in Yucatan, Mexico, and used all of those to determine the antibody seroprevalences (in an indirect enzyme-linked inmunosorbance assay) to bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and risk factors for animal-level seropositivity. We used 728 of the same samples (from 52 of the same herds) to do the same for parainfluenza virus-3 (PIV3). Cattle were selected by two-stage cluster sampling. Herd-level and animal-level risk factors were obtained through a personal interview. We analyzed the data by using a random-effects multivariable logistic regression model for clustered observations. All herds had at least 3 (BRSV) or 5 (PIV3) seropositive animals. The animal-level true seroprevalences were: 90.8% (86.5, 95.2%) and 85.6% (80.9, 90.4%) for BRSV and PIV3, respectively. Animals in large herds and old animals had the highest odds of being seropositives to BRSV, and those risk factors plus animals born on the farm for PIV3 infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / blood
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / etiology
  • Cattle Diseases / prevention & control
  • Cattle Diseases / virology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
  • Meat
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Parainfluenza Virus 3, Bovine / immunology
  • Parainfluenza Virus 3, Bovine / isolation & purification*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / veterinary*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine / immunology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine / isolation & purification*
  • Respirovirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Respirovirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Risk Factors
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral