Seroprevalence of Peste des petits ruminants in cattle and buffaloes from Southern Peninsular India |
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| Authors: | Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan Paramanandham Krishnamoorthy Belamaranahalli Muniveerappa Veeregowda Arnab Sen Kaushal Kishor Rajak Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash Mukund Raghavendra Gajendragad Krishnamsetty Prabhudas |
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| Institution: | (1) Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India;(2) Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College (KVAFSU), Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India;(3) Division of Virology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Campus Mukteswar, 263 138 Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India |
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| Abstract: | This study describes seroprevalence of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in cattle and buffaloes carried out during the period 2009–2010 using the randomly collected serum samples from different
parts of Southern peninsular India. The report presents the results of PPR virus (PPRV)—specific antibodies in situations
where either the subclinical or inapparent or non-lethal infection was there in cattle and buffaloes. A total of 2,548 serum
samples cattle = 1,158, buffaloes = 1,001, sheep = 303 and goat = 86] were collected and screened for PPRV antibodies by
using a PPR monoclonal antibody-based competitive ELISA kit. Analysis of 2,159 serum samples indicates an overall 4.58% prevalence
of PPRV antibody in cattle and buffaloes. The presence of PPRV-specific antibodies demonstrates that cattle and buffaloes
are exposed to PPR infection naturally, and the transmission mode may be direct or indirect. Further, it implies the importance
of bovines as subclinical hosts for the virus besides widespread presence of the disease in sheep and goats in the country. |
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