Issue · 2015
Vol. 2, Iss. 5 Pages 68-87
3 articles · pp. 68-87 · All issues →
Short CommunicationSeroprevalence of Bluetongue and Associated Risk Factors in Costa Rican Sheep Flocks
Rodolfo Villagra-Blanco, Gaby Dolz, Danilo Montero-Caballero, Juan Jose Romero-Zuniga
Blood samples from a total of 359 sheep from 15 farms were analysed for the presence of antibodies against bluetongue virus (BTV) by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antibodies were detected in 290 sheep from fourteen different flocks, dis…
22 Nov 2015
Research ArticleNonpolio Enterovirus-C (NPEV-C) Strains Circulating in South- Western Nigeria and their Contribution to the Emergence of Recombinant cVDPV2 Lineages
Temitope Oluwasegun Cephas Faleye, Johnson Adekunle Adeniji
Recently, we showed that the nonstructural region of some of the cVDPV2 lineages described in Nigeria between 2005 and 2011 originated from NPEV-Cs circulating in Northern Nigeria. Here, we further investigate whether NPEV-Cs circulating in south-western Niger…
22 Nov 2015
Research ArticleEfficacy of Disinfectants against Egyptian H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
Mohammed A. Rohaim, Rania F. El-Naggar, Abdulrahman M. Gamal, Elshaimaa Ismael, Mohamed M. Hamoud, Sherif T. Moubarak et al.
Poultry industry in Egypt is facing various management problems along with infectious diseases including avian influenza (AI). Biosecurity measures, controlling poultry movements and inactivated vaccines were devised to combat the spread of highly pa…
5 Dec 2015