Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Border Disease Virus among Chamois, Spain
Table 1
Characteristics of 23 ill Pyrenean chamois, Spain, 2005–2007*
| Chamois no. | Date | Clinical symptoms | ELISA result for pestivirus | RT-PCR result for pestivirus | Isolate and origin | GenBank accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 Dec | Pneumonia | – | + | Cerdanya-1 | AM905930† |
| 2 | 2005 Mar | Pneumonia | – | + | Cerdanya-2 | AM905931 |
| 3 | 2005 Mar | Pneumonia | – | + | Cerdanya-5 | NA |
| 4 | 2005 Mar | Pneumonia | – | + | Cerdanya-3 | AM905932† |
| 5 | 2005 May | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cerdanya-4 | AM905933† |
| 6 | 2005 Aug | Cachexia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-3 | AM905920† |
| 7 | 2005 Aug | Diarrhea, pneumonia | + | + | Cadi-13 | NA |
| 8 | 2005 Sep | Pneumonia, predation | + | + | Cadi-14 | NA |
| 9 | 2005 Sep | Predation | – | – | Cadi-15 | NA |
| 10 | 2005 Oct | Cachexia | – | + | Cadi-2 | AM905919† |
| 11 | 2005 Oct | Trauma | NA | – | Cadi-16 | NA |
| 12 | 2005 Oct | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cerdanya-6 | NA |
| 13 | 2005 Dec | Cachexia, diarrhea | – | + | Cadi-4 | AM905921† |
| 14 | 2006 Feb | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cadi-7 | AM905924 |
| 15 | 2006 Feb | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cadi-5 | AM905922† |
| 16 | 2006 Apr | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cadi-10 | AM905927 |
| 17 | 2006 Apr | Cachexia | – | + | Cadi-1 | AM905918 |
| 18 | 2006 Apr | Cachexia, alopecia | – | + | Cadi-8 | AM905925 |
| 19 | 2006 May | Cachexia, alopecia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-9 | AM905926 |
| 20 | 2006 Jun | Cachexia, alopecia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-6 | AM905923† |
| 21 | 2006 Aug | Cachexia, alopecia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-11 | AM905928 |
| 22 | 2006 Aug | Cachexia, alopecia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-12 | AM905929 |
| 23 | 2007 Dec | Cachexia, pneumonia | – | + | Cadi-17 | NA |
*RT-PCR, reverse transcription–PCR; NA, not available.
†Virus sequenced in this study.
