1Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies
2DVM student: School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies
3Ministry of Agriculture, Land, Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Government of Grenada, West Indies
*Corresponding author: RN Sharma; Email: rsharma@sgu.edu
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of Bovine herpes virus-1 (BoHV-1) in Cattle, and small ruminant from Grenada, West Indies. The prevalence was determined by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test. A total of 920 sera samples, consisting of 132 cattle, 476 sheep and 312 goats were tested. An overall seroprevalence was 7/920 (0.76%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.2% to 1.32%). The bovine 5/132 (3.8%) showed highest Seroprevalance followed ovine 2/476 (0.42%). None of goat samples were seropositive. There was statistically no significant difference in prevalence (p > 0.05) of antibodies to BoHV-1 in cattle, sheep and goats. This is the first report on seroprevalence of BoHV-1 in ruminants in Grenada, West Indies.
Bovine Herpes vivirus-1, Grenada, Ruminants, Seroprevelance
