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.

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