Wcd. Sandals et al., PREVALENCE OF BOVINE PARVOVIRUS INFECTION IN ONTARIO DAIRY-CATTLE, Canadian journal of veterinary research, 59(2), 1995, pp. 81-86
Studies were conducted to determine prevalence and dynamics of bovine
parvovirus (BPV) infection. Dairy cows from 29 randomly selected herds
in southwestern. Ontario were tested twice, one year apart, for the p
resence of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies against BPV. Fi
fty-one percent of 1141 cows tested had BPV-HI titers >1:32. One year
later, the seroprevalence was 83% in 1131 cows from the same farms. Th
e herd mean seroprevalence was 49% and 86% for the year-1 and year-2 s
amples, respectively. Evidence of BPV infection was found in 96% (27/2
8) of herds in year-1 and 100% of herds in year-2. A comparison of tit
ers from 716 cows tested twice showed evidence of frequent BPV infecti
on. Sixty-two percent of 326 animals selected in a systematic manner f
rom 40 Guelph area dairy farms had BPV-HI titers >1:32. The herd mean
seroprevalence was 64% Two herds had no animals with titers above the
critical titer (1:32) while in one-quarter of the herds all animals ex
ceeded the critical titer.