Indian Journal of Small Ruminants (The)

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  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Seroepidemiology of peste des petits ruminants in organized livestock farms of Gujarat

  • Author:
  • Ranaware Pradip1,, H.C. Chauhan2, N.M. Shah, B.S. Chandel, Pankaj Kumar, A.I. Dadawala, S.S. Patel
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 266 to 269

1Division of Virology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Bhopal-462 021, Madhya Pradesh

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU), Sardarkrushinagar-385 506, Gujarat

2Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Navsari Agricultural University (NAU), Navasari-396 445, Gujarat

Abstract

The present study envisaged the seroepidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in livestock of organized farms in Gujarat. Out of 756 sera samples, 218 (28.83%) were found positive for PPRV antibodies. Species-wise seroprevalence was 41.12% in sheep, 26.95% in goats, 11.25% in cattle, 14.78% in buffaloes and 12.30% in camels. A total of 460 clinical samples screened for PPRV antigen revealed an overall incidence of 24.78%.

Keywords

Competitive-ELISA, Peste des Petits Ruminants virus, Sandwich-ELISA, Sero-prevalence