Seroepidemiology of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus non-structural protein (NSP) antibodies in the livestock of Oman.

Seroepidemiology of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus non-structural protein (NSP) antibodies in the livestock of Oman. Acta Trop. 2019 Jul 23;:105106 Authors: Hammad Hussain M, Hassan Hussain Body M, Hamed Abdullah Al-Subhi A, Yousaf Ali Al-Senaidi N, Eltahir HA, Mansoor MK, Somar Al-Zadjali M, Al-Habsi SS, Saif Rashid Aluahmadi S, Salem Nasser Al-Subhi R, Khalifa Ismail Al-Beloushi M, Thani Al-Riyami BS, Hamood Al-Rawahi A, Gharib Al-Maawali M Abstract Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious acute viral disease that causes severe economic losses to the affected countries. To estimate the serological prevalence of the local livestock to the natural infection with FMD virus, a cross-sectional study was conducted from 2015 to 2017 in Oman. Sera from 5807 randomly selected animals (1792 cattle, 2119 goats and 1896 sheep) belonging to 884 herds were tested for the presence of antibodies against 3ABC non-structural protein (NSP) of the FMD virus by a Competition ELISA. Prevalence along with confidence intervals (CI) and odds ratio (OR) was calculated, and the data were further analysed through univariable and multivariable techniques. The herd-level seroprevalence of NSP (41.4%) varied significantly among 11 governorates of Oman. At herd-level seroprevalence varied significantly among cattle (55.2%), goats (38.2%) and sheep (37.7%). At animal-level, the significantly higher prevalence was recorded in cattle (26.8%) followed ...
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