BIOLOGICAL TRANSMISSIBILITY OF BUFFALOPOX VIRUS

The biological transmissibility of buffalopox virus (BPV) was studied in a number of different animal species. Animal infectivity experiment s revealed a wide biological host-range for buffalopox virus which was transmissible experimentally to buffaloes, cows, rabbits, guinea-pigs and suckling mice (BALB/C and Swiss-white mice strains). Sheep, goat, fowl and adult mice (BALB/C and Swiss-white strains) were found refra ctory to buffalopox: infection. Experimental transmission is being rep orted for the first time in cow-calves and BALB/C mice.