1Department of Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, O.U.A.T., Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2ICAR-Directorate of Foot and Mouth Disease, Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding author: A Hota; Email: dr.abhishek.ovc@gmail.com
Online published on 19 July, 2017.
Serum analysis was performed during October 2015 to April 2016 to ascertain the prevalence of bluetongue (BT) virus infection among sheep population in Odisha. Samples were collected randomly from apparently healthy sheep from 10 different agro-climatic zones of Odisha. Serum samples were screened for BT virus (BTV) antibodies using indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELISA) at Division of Virology, IVRI, Mukteswar. Out of 217 samples screened, 60.36% samples were found positive for BTV infection. The prevalence of BTV antibodies in different agro-climatic zones ranged from 38.09% to 100%. This seroprevalence picture of BT, first of its kind, unfolds this viral infection among sheep population in Odisha.
Seroprevalence, bluetongue, i-ELISA, sheep, Odisha
