We identified influenza C virus (ICV) in samples from US cattle with bovine respiratory disease through real-time PCR testing and sequencing. Bovine ICV isolates had high nucleotide identities (≈98%) with each other and were closely related to human ICV strains (≈95%). Further research is needed to determine bovine ICV's zoonotic potential.
Keywords: BRDC; Colorado; Kansas; Midwest; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Oklahoma; Texas; USA; United States; bovine respiratory disease; bovine respiratory disease complex; cattle; cows; influenza; influenza C virus; influenza virus; livestock; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses.