Status of sheep sera to bluetongue, peste des petits ruminants and sheep pox in a few northern states of India
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Status of sheep sera to bluetongue, peste des petits ruminants and sheep pox in a few northern states of India
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Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash, Paramasivaiah Saravanan, Madhusudan Hosamani, Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan, Bimalendu Mondal, Raj Kumar Singh
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Bluetongue, India, Peste des petits ruminants, Sheep, Sheep pox, Seropositivity.
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Bluetongue (BT), peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and sheep pox are the most economically important viral diseases of sheep in India. Serum samples obtained from sheep in five northern states of the country were screened for antibody against these agents to explore the extent of spread of these infections. A total of 516 serum samples were screened for the presence of antibodies against BT and PPR viruses. Of these, 155 samples were also tested for antibodies against sheep pox virus. BT antibodies were found in 293 (56.8%) animals, PPR virus antibodies in 215 (41.7%) and sheep pox virus antibodies in 106 (68.3%). Of the serum samples tested, 25.2% were positive for antibodies against all three viruses. These findings clearly demonstrated not only the enzootic nature of disease, but also the co-existence of antibodies to more than one of these viruses which would indicate that concurrent infections were common. Therefore, control measures should focus in combating all three diseases simultaneously by exploring the possibility of a trivalent vaccine or the use of multiple genes expressing vectored vaccine. Not Available |
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2023-05-02T04:48:19Z
2023-05-02T04:48:19Z 2008 |
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Research Paper
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Bhanuprakash V, Saravanan P, Hosamani M, Balamurugan V, Mondal B, Singh RK. Status of sheep sera to bluetongue, peste des petits ruminants and sheep pox in a few northern states of India. Vet Ital. 2008 Jul-Sep;44(3):527-36. PMID: 20405449.
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English
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