Sero-survey of equine infectious anemia in the Sultanate of Oman during 2007-2009

Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a fatal and relapsing infectious disease of equines caused by the lentivirus of Retroviridae family which occurs world-wide. It tends to become an in apparent infection if death does not result from the acute clinical attack. The virus persists in infected animals f...

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Published inPakistan veterinary journal Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 235 - 238
Main Authors Body, M. (Ministry of Agriculture (The Sultanate of Oman). Veterinary Research Center), Al-Rawahi, A. (Ministry of Agriculture (The Sultanate of Oman). Veterinary Research Center), Hussain, M.H. (Ministry of Agriculture (The Sultanate of Oman). Directorate General of Agriculture and Livestock Research), Al-Lamki, K, Al-Habsy, S, Almaawali, M, Alrawahi, Q.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 01.01.2011
Subjects
AGID
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASE SURVEYS
ELISA
EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANAEMIA
Equine infectious anemia
HORSES
IMMUNODIFFUSION TESTS
IMMUNOLOGY
OMAN
Sero-survey
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Summary:Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a fatal and relapsing infectious disease of equines caused by the lentivirus of Retroviridae family which occurs world-wide. It tends to become an in apparent infection if death does not result from the acute clinical attack. The virus persists in infected animals for life and can be detected by serological tests like enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) tests. Keeping in view the importance of EIA, a sero-survey and passive surveillance was designed to establish the status of EIA in Oman. For the current study, ELISA was carried out on 331 random horse serum samples collected from all over Oman and 262 serum samples submitted from race horses. Four (0.67%) out of total 593 serum samples were found positive on ELISA. These samples were further tested by agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test for the confirmation and were found negative. Based on the analysis of the sample s, it can be assumed that the horse population in the Sultanate was free of the disease during the study period (2007-2009).
Bibliography:CATPAK-75840
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ISSN:0253-8318