Insemination with border disease virus-infected semen results in seroconversion in cows but not persistent infection in fetuses.
Ueli BraunFredi JanettSandra ZüblinMichèle von BürenMonika HilbeReto ZanoniMatthias SchweizerPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2018)
The findings showed that cows inseminated with BDV-infected semen seroconverted and fetuses thus produced were not persistently infected. Transmission of BDV to cattle through infected semen, therefore, seems to be of minor importance.
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