Failure to detect Schmallenberg virus RNA in ram semen in the UK (2016-2018).

Alice CurwenScott JonesCeri StayleyLaura EdenHeather McKayPeers DaviesFiona LovattStephen DunhamRachael Eugenie Tarlinton

Published in: Veterinary record open (2022)

While larger numbers of animals would be needed to completely exclude the possibility of SBV shedding in ram semen, this trial nonetheless highlights that this is likely a rare event if it occurs at all and is unlikely to play a role in disease transmission.

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study protocol
phase iii
phase ii
cross sectional
randomized controlled trial
nucleic acid