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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 18(3): 260-267, 2014. Redacted 2017.
High seroprevalence of bluetongue virus in small ruminants in
southeast Iran
Majid Ezatkhah1 (DVM), Mehrdad Shamsaddini Bafti1
(DVM, PhD), Mojtaba Alimolaei1, 2* (DVM),
Maryam Amini1 (DVM)
1Razi
Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Kerman branch, 2Department of
Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
ABSTRACT
Ezatkhah M, Bafti MS, Alimolaei
M, Amini M., High seroprevalence
of bluetongue virus in small ruminants in Southeast Iran, Onl
J Vet Res., 18(3):
260-267, 2014. Prevalence and distribution of anti-bluetongue virus antibodies in
small ruminants in Southeast Iran is reported., 852
sera from sheep and goats within five districts in Southeast Iran were tested
for bluetongue virus (BTV) antibodies by commercial competitive enzyme linked
immunoassay (c-ELISA). Prevalence of BTV antibodies was 84.62% with seroprevalence
ratios of 48.7% and 92.7% in sheep and goats respectively. Results show that
exposure to infection is widely distributed in southeast Iran. A raw data file
is provided in support of the findings.
Key words: Bluetongue; c-ELISA; Seroprevalence; Small Ruminants; Southeast Iran.
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