Study on duration of maternal antibodies in calves against Bovine Herpes virus (BHV-۱)

In order to estimate the mean of maternal antibody in calves against BHV-۱ (Bovine Herpes virus type ۱), this study was carried out in a population of calves from non-vaccinated dairy cattle at ۲ livestock in Qazvin province. One hundred thirteen sera out of ۵۱۲ were collected from ۱-۴ months unvaccinated calves. We used Blocking –Percentage of maternal antibodies against BHV-۱, which obtained by Blocking ELISA assay in ۱-۴ months calves sera. The result of one way analysis of variance determined that there was a significant difference among blocking percentage of maternal antibodies against BHV-۱ in ۱-۴ months (P

Keywords:

Bovine herpes virus , Blocking Elisa , calves , maternal antibodies