Antibody response to Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae bacterium in small holder dairy goats in Tanzania
| Autor: | Elly Yesse Noah, Emmanuel S. Swai, Jackson Eliona Kaaya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Veterinary medicine Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Tanzania Mycoplasma capricolum Serology Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Food Animals Seroepidemiologic Studies medicine Prevalence Seroprevalence Animals Lactation Pleuropneumonia Contagious Goat Diseases biology business.industry Goats biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Antibody response Cross-Sectional Studies Animal Science and Zoology Livestock Female Flock business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical animal health and production. 45(7) |
| ISSN: | 1573-7438 |
| Popis: | Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP), an Office International des Epizooties listed disease, can cause significant levels of morbidity and mortality in goats in Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of CCPP, in two contrasting administrative districts of northern Tanzania, namely, Babati and Arumeru. A total of 337 serum samples were collected from January to July 2010, from apparently clinically healthy unvaccinated dairy goats breeds of different ages and sexes. Samples were subjected to monoclonal antibody-based competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the specific measurement of antibodies to Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae bacterium. The overall animal flock and village-level seroprevalence of CCPP was found to be 3.3 % [95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.6–5.8], 9.6 % (95 % CI = 4.7–16.9), and 31.5 % (95 % CI = 15.6–56.5), respectively. There was no evidence (p = 0.659) of differences in seroprevalence between samples from the two administrative locations. Despite the fact that there was no significant difference (p > 0.05) in seropositivity between sex and age and between breeds sampled, there was a significant difference (p |
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