Molecular prevalence of bovine noroviruses and neboviruses in newborn calves in Iran

Arch Virol. 2018 May;163(5):1271-1277. doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3716-y. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

Abstract

In this study, bovine enteric caliciviruses (BECs) were detected in 49.4% of a total of 253 stool specimens for diarrheic calves collected from 42 industrial dairy farms from March 2010 to February 2012. Genogroup III norovirus (NoVsGIII) were more prevalent (39.5%) than neboviruses (NBs) (15%), and coinfections were observed in 5.1% of the samples tested. Sequence analysis of the partial polymerase gene from 13 NoVsGIII samples indicated the circulation of both genotype 1 and genotype 2 strains. Among the six NB strains sequenced, five were related to the Bo/Nebraska/80/US strain, while one was related to the Bo/Newbury1/76/UK strain.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn / virology
  • Caliciviridae / genetics
  • Caliciviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Caliciviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / virology
  • Dairying
  • Diarrhea / veterinary
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Feces / virology
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / veterinary
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genotype
  • Iran / epidemiology
  • Norovirus / genetics
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA