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Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria
Akabane virus (AKAV) is recognized as an important pathogen that causes abortions and congenital malformations in ruminants. However, it has not received adequate attention in Nigeria. Therefore, in investigating this disease, serum samples from 184 (abattoir and farm) head of cattle and 184 intensi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26925103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2936082 |
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author | Oluwayelu, Daniel Oladimeji Aiki-Raji, Comfort Oluladun Umeh, Emmanuel Chibuzor Mustapha, Samat Odunayo Adebiyi, Adebowale Idris |
author_facet | Oluwayelu, Daniel Oladimeji Aiki-Raji, Comfort Oluladun Umeh, Emmanuel Chibuzor Mustapha, Samat Odunayo Adebiyi, Adebowale Idris |
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description | Akabane virus (AKAV) is recognized as an important pathogen that causes abortions and congenital malformations in ruminants. However, it has not received adequate attention in Nigeria. Therefore, in investigating this disease, serum samples from 184 (abattoir and farm) head of cattle and 184 intensively reared sheep from two states in southwest Nigeria were screened for antibodies against AKAV using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. An overall seropositivity of 70.1% (129/184) was obtained with antibodies being detectable in 73.8% of abattoir (trade) cattle and 40.0% in farm cattle, while 4.3% (8/184) seropositivity was observed in sheep. All the age groups of cattle tested had seropositive animals, 0-1 year (1/7, 14.3%), 2-3 years (17/34, 50.0%), 4-5 years (92/121, 76.0%), and >5 years (19/22, 86.4%), while in sheep only the age groups of 2-3 and 4-5 years showed seropositivity of 4.1% (4/97) and 8.2% (4/49), respectively. The detection of antibody-positive animals among unvaccinated cattle and sheep provides evidence of AKAV infection in Nigeria. These findings call for continuous monitoring of the disease among ruminants in order to ascertain the actual burden and increase awareness of the disease. This will facilitate early detection and aid the development of appropriate control measures against the disease in Nigeria. |
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spelling | pubmed-47462972016-02-28 Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria Oluwayelu, Daniel Oladimeji Aiki-Raji, Comfort Oluladun Umeh, Emmanuel Chibuzor Mustapha, Samat Odunayo Adebiyi, Adebowale Idris Adv Virol Research Article Akabane virus (AKAV) is recognized as an important pathogen that causes abortions and congenital malformations in ruminants. However, it has not received adequate attention in Nigeria. Therefore, in investigating this disease, serum samples from 184 (abattoir and farm) head of cattle and 184 intensively reared sheep from two states in southwest Nigeria were screened for antibodies against AKAV using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. An overall seropositivity of 70.1% (129/184) was obtained with antibodies being detectable in 73.8% of abattoir (trade) cattle and 40.0% in farm cattle, while 4.3% (8/184) seropositivity was observed in sheep. All the age groups of cattle tested had seropositive animals, 0-1 year (1/7, 14.3%), 2-3 years (17/34, 50.0%), 4-5 years (92/121, 76.0%), and >5 years (19/22, 86.4%), while in sheep only the age groups of 2-3 and 4-5 years showed seropositivity of 4.1% (4/97) and 8.2% (4/49), respectively. The detection of antibody-positive animals among unvaccinated cattle and sheep provides evidence of AKAV infection in Nigeria. These findings call for continuous monitoring of the disease among ruminants in order to ascertain the actual burden and increase awareness of the disease. This will facilitate early detection and aid the development of appropriate control measures against the disease in Nigeria. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4746297/ /pubmed/26925103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2936082 Text en Copyright © 2016 Daniel Oladimeji Oluwayelu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Oluwayelu, Daniel Oladimeji Aiki-Raji, Comfort Oluladun Umeh, Emmanuel Chibuzor Mustapha, Samat Odunayo Adebiyi, Adebowale Idris Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title | Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title_full | Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title_short | Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria |
title_sort | serological investigation of akabane virus infection in cattle and sheep in nigeria |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26925103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2936082 |
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