High seroprevalence of bluetongue virus (BTV) antibodies in camel in yazd province of Iran Mozaffari Ali Asghar1,,*, Sakhaee Ehsan1, Khalili Mohammad2, Ardakani Amin Paidar 1Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran 2Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran *Email: aliasghar_mozaffari@uk.ac.ir, mozafari313@yahoo.com
Online published on 18 April, 2014. Abstract A total of 59 serum samples were collected from camel which referred to Yazd slaughter house and antibodies to BTV in sera were detected using a commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA). The seroprevalence rate in camels was 67.8%. Sex and age did not affect the prevalence of infection. Top Keywords Bluetongue, camel, competitive ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Iran, virus, Yazd. Top |