Sero-detection of foot and mouth disease virus serotypes a and o in one-humped camels (camelus dromedarius) in the middle of iraq

• Published in: Veteriner fakultesi dergisi Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 743 - 747
• Main Authors: Saad Hashim AL-HUSSEINY, Qassim Haleem KSHASH, Asaad JASSIM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 01.11.2020
• Subjects: camels; fmd; iraq; lpbe; nsp
• ISSN: 1309-2251
• DOI: 10.9775/kvfd.2020.24276

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a severe trans-boundary animal disease caused by a foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) that spreads through Asia and Arabic countries. The current study aimed to investigate the FMDV antibodies in Iraqi dromedary"s camels (Camelus dromedaries). A total of 520 serum samples were collected from clinically healthy camels (265 females and 255males) from different areas in the three Provinces of Iraq (Al-Najaf, Al-Muthanna, and Al-Qadisiyah) from February to July 2019 and divided into three groups based on the age of the camels. All sera samples were screened for antibodies against the non-structural protein (NSP) of FMDV using ELISA and further the NSP positive serum samples were screened for antibodies against structural proteins of FMDV serotype O A and C by liquid phase blocking ELISA (LPB-ELISA).The Result indicated that 10% of the sera were positive for NSP antibodies and FMDV serotype A found to be predominant. It was also observed that NSP positive was more in samples collected from female camels (11.30%) than male camels (8.60%), NSP FMDV antibodies were detected in camels of all ages. In summary, our study showed, for the first time in Iraq, that camels are more susceptible to the A and O FMD serotypes.