Baba S S, Akinyele H A, Olaleye O D
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Beitr Trop Landwirtsch Veterinarmed. 1992;30(4):471-7.
The occurrence of antibodies against the African horse sickness virus was investigated in 246 domestic animals (horses, donkeys, camels, dogs) in various regions of Nigeria by means of the complement-fixing rate. 34% of the sera tested were positive: 75% in donkeys, 68% in horses, 19% in camels, and 9% in dogs. Among the horses, those of 6 to 15 years of age had higher than average prevalence rates than the other age groups. Stallions from the northern regions had higher prevalence rates than mares generally and stallions from other regions. These findings are important for the epidemiology of the African horse sickness in Nigeria just as the complement-fixing rates are in camels and dogs for the epidemiology of this sickness in the whole of Africa.
通过补体结合率对尼日利亚不同地区的246只家畜（马、驴、骆驼、狗）进行了抗非洲马瘟病毒抗体出现情况的调查。检测的血清中有34%呈阳性：驴为75%，马为68%，骆驼为19%，狗为9%。在马中，6至15岁的马的患病率高于其他年龄组。北部地区的种马总体上比母马以及其他地区的种马患病率更高。这些发现对于尼日利亚非洲马瘟的流行病学很重要，正如补体结合率对于整个非洲该疾病的流行病学中骆驼和狗的情况一样。
