“…But over the years, the use of new diagnostics methods discovered the presence of natural BDV infections in other regions, such as Australia, the United States of America Richt et al, 2000), China (Hagiwara et al, 2001), the United Kingdom (Reeves et al, 1998), Japan , Israel (Teplitski et al, 2003), other European countries (Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland) (Galabru et al, 2000;Pisoni et al, 2007) and others. Natural BDV infection was detected not only in horses and sheep but also in other animal species: cats (Berg et al, 2001;Reeves et al, 1998), dogs (Weissenbock et al, 1998), cattle , birds (Berg et al, 2001), foxes (Dauphin et al, 2001), and ostriches (Weismann et al, 1994). Borna disease virus infection differs in its course according to the species; the most serious form of Borna disease is described in horses and sheep with severe neurologic symptoms and high mortality rates, in contrast to other species ).…”