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RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
Volume 102, Issue -, Pages 83-88Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2015.07.015
Keywords
Newcastle disease; Infectious bronchitis; Avian influenza virus; PCR; ELISA; Poultry; Ivory-Coast
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services [HHSN266200700005C]
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC)
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Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bronchitis (IB) are two major viral diseases affecting the respiratory tracts of birds and whose impact on African poultry is still poorly known. In the present study we aimed at assessing NDV and IBV prevalences in Ivory-Coast by molecular screening of >22,000 avian swabs by nested PCR and by serology testing of close to 2000 avian sera from 2010 through 2012. The NDV and IBV seroprevalences over the study period reached 22% and 72%, respectively. We found 14.7% pooled swabs positive by PCR for NDV and 14.6% for IBV. Both pathogens are therefore endemic in Ivory-Coast. Economic losses associated with NDV and IBV infections still need to be evaluated. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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