doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.1689-1691
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Article history: Received: 06-08-2018, Accepted: 31-10-2018, Published online: 17-12-2018
Corresponding author: K. Puro
E-mail: akulepuro@rediffmail.com
Citation: Karam A, Puro K, Das S, Shakuntala I, Sanjukta R, Milton AAP, Ghatak S, Sen A (2018) Seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants and bluetongue in goat population of Meghalaya, India, Veterinary World, 11(12): 1689-1691.Aim: This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and bluetongue (BT) in goats' population in the state of Meghalaya of Northeast India.
Materials and Methods: The serosurveillance study was done from the random sampling (n=598) of blood collected from five districts (Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills and West Garo Hills) of Meghalaya. The presence of antibodies against PPR and BT in the samples was detected by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method for PPR and competitive ELISA for BT.
Results: The results showed the overall seropositivity of PPR and BT at 7.19% and 60.20%, respectively. West Garo Hills recorded the highest seroprevalence of both PPR (9.81%) and BT (68%) and 3.6% of the samples tested positive for both PPR and BT.
Conclusion: The random survey results indicating the presence of PPR and BT have specific implication in epidemiological perspectives since it highlights the prevalence under natural situations, where the subclinical, inapparent, or non-lethal or recovery of infection was suspected in unvaccinated animals. It also warrants further studies to suggest appropriate control measures to prevent the spread of infection.
Keywords: bluetongue, goat, peste des petits ruminants, seroprevalence, virus.
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