Journal of Immunology and Immunopathology

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Seroprevalence of bovine viral diarrhea virus antibodies in cattle and buffalo of Agra region of Uttar Pradesh (India)

  • Author:
  • Puneet Varshney1, A K Bhatia1,, H K Pradhan2, N Mishra2, Sandeep Bhatia2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 39 to 42

1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, U P Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay University of Veterinary Science and Cattle Research Centre. Mathura, (Uttar Pradesh)

2High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bhopal, (Madhay Pradesh), INDIA.

*Corresponding Author: E-mail: akbhatia33@yahoo.com

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Abstract

To determine the seroprevalence of bovine viral diarrhea viral (BVDV) infection in cattle and buffaloes of Agra region of Uttar Pradesh, a total 401 serum samples collected from organized and unorganized dairy herds were screened. A blocking ELISA procedure was used and 13.82% of cattle and 12.5% of buffaloes of different age group belonging to both sexes were found positive respectively for the BVDV antibodies.

Keywords

BVD, ELISA, antibodies