Serological survey of viral antibodies in llamas (Lama glama) in Argentina

This study analysed sera from 390 Ilamas (Lama glama) from nine farms locat ed in three different Argentine provinces: Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Jujuy. The samples were tested for antibodies against 8 virus known to infect cat tle: bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), bovine adenovirus (BAdV III), bovine enterovirus (BEV), bovine rotavirus ( BRV), bluetongue virus (BLV), and foot-and-mouth virus (FMDV) by convention al methods such as seroneutralization, immunoperoxidase staining, and agar gel immunodiffusion. The antibody prevalences detected in Ilamas were: BHV-1 in 0.77% (3/390), B VDV in 2.05% (8/390), BAdV III in 5.13% (20/390), BEV in 4.10% (16/390), BR V in 87.69% (342/390). No antibodies against BTV, BLV and VIAA (FMDV infect ion associated antigen) were detected.