Reid H W, Buxton D, Pow I, Moss R
Arch Virol. 1983;78(3-4):299-302. doi: 10.1007/BF01311325.
Louping-ill virus was injected into the tarsal pads of four black grouse and the course of infection monitored. All developed viraemia of low intensity that lasted for four days and thereafter produced high titres of haemagglutination inhibiting antibody. No clinical signs were detected and mild neuropathological changes were present in only 1/4 brains collected on day 17 after inoculation. The mild response of black grouse to infection with louping-ill virus is thus similar to that found in other woodland and forest birds and contrasts with the generally fatal response of moorland and tundra grouse species. These findings give further support to the concept that louping-ill has been introduced to the moorland habitat only in the relatively recent past.
将跳跃病病毒注射到四只黑琴鸡的跗跖垫中，并监测感染过程。所有黑琴鸡都出现了低强度病毒血症，持续了四天，此后产生了高滴度的血凝抑制抗体。未检测到临床症状，接种后第17天采集的4份脑组织中只有1份出现了轻微的神经病理学变化。因此，黑琴鸡对跳跃病病毒感染的轻微反应与其他林地和森林鸟类相似，与荒原和苔原松鸡物种通常的致命反应形成对比。这些发现进一步支持了这样一种观点，即跳跃病只是在相对较近的过去才被引入荒原栖息地。
