TY - JOUR AU - Kalthoff, Donata AU - Hoffmann, Bernd AU - Harder, Timm AU - Durban, Markus AU - Beer, Martin T1 - Experimental Infection of Cattle with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 1132 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Four calves were experimentally inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/cat/Germany/R606/2006 (H5N1) isolated from a cat in 2006. All calves remained healthy, but several animals shed low amounts of virus, detected by inoculation of nasal swab fluid into embryonated chicken eggs and onto MDCK cells. All calves seroconverted. KW - Highly pathogenic avian influenza KW - H5N1 KW - cattle KW - mammals KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1407.071468 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/07-1468_article ER - End of Reference