Nosoarea of bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection
Respiratory diseases caused by viruses hold a significant position in the infectious pathology of cattle. They give huge losses in the livestock industry. Bovine orthopneumovirus (respiratory syncytial virus) infection remains one of such illnesses. This infection has never been included in international surveillance databases and its registry is not necessary. Consequently reports on the distribution of this infection are presented mainly in scientific articles. Due to increase import of cattle and the occurrence of outbreaks of respiratory diseases an interest to this infection was relaunched in Russia. This article was taken to clarify the spread of bovine orthopneumovirus in certain countries using dates of scientific articles, surveillance reports and own studies.