Serosurvey of three virus infections in reindeer in northern Norway and Svalbard

bodies to reindeer herpesvirus (RHV) , bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and parainfulenza type 3 virus (PIV-3). N o antibodies to any of these three viruses were detected in sera from SR. Sixty-three percent of sera from 101 adult N R (> 12 months old) and 15 % of 225 N R calves (6 months old) had antibodies to R H V; corresponding values for B V D V were 41 % and 6 %, respectively. Twenty-seven percent of adult N R and 1 % of N R calves had antibodies to both viruses. N o antibodies to PIV-3 were detected in any N R sera