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Volume 24 (5):301-305, 2020.
Demographics, distribution and prevalence of
Bluetongue virus in sheep in Iran.
Sabaghan M, Pourmahdi
Borujeni M, Seifi Abad Shapouri MR, Noreouzi M, Samimi S, Mansouri S.
Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Shahid Chamran
University, Ahvaz, Iran.
ABSTRACT
Sabaghan M, Pourmahdi Borujeni M, Seifi Abad Shapouri MR, Noreouzi M, Samimi S, Mansouri S., Demographics, distribution and prevalence of
Bluetongue virus infection in sheep in Iran, Onl J
Vet Res., 24 (5):301-305, 2020. Bluetongue is a viral
disease of ruminants transmitted by Culicoides biting midges spreading rapidly over large
distances. The virus occurs worldwide between latitudes ~35◦S and 50◦N. We describe demographics,
distribution and seroprevalence of Bluetongue virus (BTV)
infection In Iran from sera of 262 sheep by c-ELISA during the 4 seasons. Two hundred three (77.48%) were
positive to viral antibodies. We found much higher
incidence (P < 0.001) in females (79.39%) and older > 3 year sheep (64.5%)
but found no significant differences between seasons or abortions. We report
high prevalence of bluetongue in sheep in Kohgiluyeh
and Boyer-Ahmad provinces, Iran.
Key word:
Bluetongue, sheep, c-ELISA, Iran.
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