.Although it was reported that BVDV antigen
can be present in preovulatory ovarian and follicular
oocytes [31,32], to our knowledge there is no scientific
evidence to prove transmission of BVDV or other pathogenic
viral agent to ova via sperm during fertilization.
However, it was reported that a single insemination of
susceptible cows with infected semen might not always
have a severe effect on conception rate or result in the
production of persistently infected calves [24,25,33].