Preliminary Investigation of IBR in Buffaloe ( Bubalusbubalis ) and Cattle ( Cross Bred ) in Baghdad / Iraq .
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Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is an economically important disease of cattle and buffaloes, and causes abortions, infertility, meningeal encephalitisو and keratoconjunctivitis. The aim of the study was to determine seroprevelence of the IBRantibodiesin two herds, 26buffaloes and 21 cow related agriculture research office and veterinarymedicine college respectively in Baghdad, these animals did not take any vaccination program against the disease.For the serum samples tested with enzyme-linked immunosoarbentassay(ELISA) used specifically for detection IBR antibodiessurvelence, which was apartof survey for detection of the disease in cattle &buffaloe in Baghdad. The results showed the highest seropositivity percentage in buffaloes 65.36%(17:26), while in cattle showed the lowest seropositivity 4.7%(1:21). These results showed that buffaloes are more susceptable than cattle to the infection in this study.
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