TITLE:
Seroprevalence of Bluetongue Virus Antibody in Ruminants from Grenada
AUTHORS:
Ravindra Nath Sharma, Sureni Beckford, Keshaw Tiwari, Elodie Vinet, Derek Thomas, Claude de Allie, Alfred Chikweto
KEYWORDS:
Blue Tongue Virus, c-ELISA, Seroprevalence, Grenada, Ruminants
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine,
Vol.6 No.6,
June
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to estimate the seroprevalence of antibodies to bluetongue virus (BTV) among domestic ruminants of Grenada. Sera samples from cattle (133), goat (314) and sheep (481) were tested using competitive Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA). Of the total of 928 samples tested, the overall BTV seroprevalence was 78.4% (95% confidence interval (CI ± 2.65). The seropositivity of ovine, caprine and bovine was found to be 71.7% (95% CI, 67.67% to 75.73%), 80.2% (95% CI, 75.79% to 84.61%) and 98.5% (95% CI, 96.43% to 100.57%), respectively. There was statistical significance in the seroprevalence of BTV among bovine, caprine and ovine (p