Seroprevalence to common infectious abortifacient and infertility causing agents in the dairy herds of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information on the prevalence of infectious agents in dairy farms forms the basis for formulating a suitable control strategy; especially in endemic situations.

Aims

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of six economically important bovine diseases, causing reproductive disorders including bovine abortion in organized dairy herds in India.

Methods

A total of 1,075 animals (cattle and buffaloes) from 09 dairy farms were screened by ELISA tests.

Results

Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) was the most prevalent (56.5%) disease followed by infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) (45.4%). Prevalence of Q-fever (5.4%) and neosporosis (6.1%) were less on the farms. Although 16.3% of the samples turned positive for brucellosis, the co

SUBMITTER: Naveena T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9681985 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature