Herd-level seroprevalence of pestivirus infection in goat population in Poland

Seroprevalence of leptospiral infection in feline population in urban and dairy cattle herds in Mashhad, Iran

The importance of cats in the Leptospira epidemiology is due to the possibility of transferring leptospirosis to wild and domesticated animals. The purpose of this survey was to determine the prevalence of Leptospira infection in shorthair cats in different location of Mashhad, Iran. Totally, 147 blood samples were taken from 42 (28.57%), 52 (35.37%) and 53 (36.05%) households...

Population-based Seroprevalence of HTLV-I Infection in Golestan Province, South East of Caspian Sea, Iran

Seroprevalence of pestivirus in small ruminants in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran

Border disease, which is a congenital pestivirus disease and also known as "hairy Shaker or fuzzy lambs", is one of the causes of lambs and kids mortality and losses in animal production. Due to the lack of new comprehensive information on the rate of infection with pestiviruses in sheep and goat populations in Khorasan-Razavi province (in Iran), the present study was conducted to determine the...

Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Blood Donors in Khorramabad

Background and Aims: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has worldwide distribution, and its prevalence rate depends on factors such as economic and geographical conditions. An important way of the virus transmission is via blood. Due to high prevalence of anti-CMV antibodies in blood donors and lack of data concerning its seroprevalence in the region, this study was carried out to determine the prevalence r...

Serological survey of pestivirus infection of small ruminants in Ahvaz, Iran

In order to study the seroprevalence of pestivirus infection in small ruminants of Ahvaz at Khouzestan province of Iran, 148 sheep sera and 143 goat sera were randomly collected and tested by seroneutralization. Seroneutralization was performed by NADL strain of Bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 1. The results indicated the overall seroprevanelces of 46.62% in sheep and 32.871% in goats. Pre...