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Seroepidemiology of bluetongue in South
Bengal -
Arkendu Halder, Siddhartha N. Joardar, Devi Prasad Isore,
Indranil Samanta, Panchanan Parui, Dhriti Banerjee
and Chandan Lodh
Veterinary World, 9(1): 1-5
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.1-5
Arkendu Halder:
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of
Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata - 700037,
West Bengal, India; arkenduhalder@gmail.com
Siddhartha N. Joardar:
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of
Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata - 700037,
West Bengal, India; joardar69@gmail.com
Devi Prasad Isore:
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of
Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata - 700037,
West Bengal, India; deviprasadisore@gmail.com
Indranil Samanta:
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, West Bengal University of
Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata - 700037,
West Bengal, India; isamanta76@gmail.com
Panchanan Parui:
Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700059,
West Bengal, India; diptera.zsi@gmail.com
Dhriti Banerjee :
Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700059,
West Bengal, India; dhritibanerjee@gmail.com
and Chandan Lodh:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence,
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences,
Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India; chand_lodh@rediffmail.com
Received: 24-07-2015, Revised: 05-11-2015, Accepted: 14-11-2015,
Published online: 02-01-2016
Corresponding author:
Siddhartha N. Joardar, e-mail: joardar69@gmail.com
Citation:
Halder A, Joardar SN, Isore DP, Samanta I, Parui P, Banerjee D,
Lodh C (2016) Seroepidemiologyof bluetongue in South Bengal,
Veterinary World 9(1):
1-5.
Abstract
Aim:
With the aim of revealing the epidemiological intricacies of
bluetongue (BT) in the southern part of West Bengal state, the
present study was undertaken to assess seroprevalence of BT
along with identification of the vector of the disease, i.e.,
Culicoides
midges available in the region in their breeding season with
conducive environmental factors, if any.
Materials and Methods:
A
total of 1509 (sheep-504, goat-1005) samples were collected from
three different agroclimatic zones of South Bengal
viz.
new alluvial, red laterite and coastal saline. To detect anti-BT
antibodies in the collected serum samples,
indirect-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELISA) was
performed.
Culicoides
midges were collected from those agro-climatic zones of South
Bengal for species identification. The meteorological
parameters,
viz.
temperature (maximum and minimum), rainfall and relative
humidity of three agro-climatic zones of South Bengal were
analyzed for the months of July to December during 2010-2013.
Results:
The overall seropositivity was 33.13% and 30.24% in sheep and
goat, respectively as assessed by i-ELISA. In South Bengal, the
predominant species of
Culicoides
found were
Culicoides schultzei,
Culicoides palpifer
and
Culicoides definitus.
Conclusion:
Since virus transmitting species of
Culicoides
midges could be detected in South Bengal, besides high
seropositivity in ruminants, the possibility of circulating BT
virus in South Bengal is quite imminent.
Keywords:
antibodies, bluetongue,
Culicoides
sp., enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, South Bengal.
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