Journal of Camel Practice and Research
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

High seroprevalence of bluetongue virus (BTV) antibodies in camel in yazd province of Iran

  • Author:
  • Ali Asghar Mozaffari1,, Ehsan Sakhaee1, Mohammad Khalili2, Amin Paidar Ardakani
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 171 to 173

1Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

2Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

*Email: aliasghar_mozaffari@uk.ac.ir, mozafari313@yahoo.com

Online published on 18 April, 2014.

Abstract

A total of 59 serum samples were collected from camel which referred to Yazd slaughter house and antibodies to BTV in sera were detected using a commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA). The seroprevalence rate in camels was 67.8%. Sex and age did not affect the prevalence of infection.

Keywords

Bluetongue, camel, competitive ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Iran, virus, Yazd