Miroud Kamel, Benlakehal Amar, Kaidi Rachid
Research Laboratory of Epidemio-Surveillance, Production and Reproduction, Health, Cellular Experimentation and Therapy of Domestic and Wild Animals, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University Chadli Bendjedid, BP 73, El-Tarf 36000, Algeria.
Department of Applied Biology, Institute of Biology, University Larbi Tebessi, Route de Constantine, Tebessa 12000, Algeria.
Vet World. 2019 Jun;12(6):765-768. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.765-768. Epub 2019 Jun 8.
The present cross-sectional study aimed at assessing the seroprevalence of infection both at herd and within herd and at determining risk factors that are associated with its seropositivity.
A total of 90 cows distributed over seven herds located in two North-Eastern Algerian provinces were blood sampled in order to be tested for the presence of antibodies against using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.
The individual seroprevalence of was found to be 12.22%, and six of the seven herds tested had at least one seropositive cow. The logistic regression model revealed that abortion (odds ratio [OR]=29.15) and parity (OR=7.38) were positively associated with the seropositivity of animals on an individual basis.
The study confirms the existence of infection in cattle in North-Eastern Algeria. However, a widespread infection rate of 85.71% and its significant statistical association with previous abortion (OR=29.15) need further investigations.
本横断面研究旨在评估畜群和畜群内部感染的血清流行率,并确定与其血清阳性相关的风险因素。
对分布在阿尔及利亚东北部两个省份七个畜群中的90头奶牛进行采血,以便使用市售酶联免疫吸附测定试剂盒检测抗[具体感染物未明确]抗体的存在情况。
[具体感染物未明确]的个体血清流行率为12.22%,七个检测畜群中有六个至少有一头血清阳性奶牛。逻辑回归模型显示,流产(比值比[OR]=29.15)和胎次(OR=7.38)与个体动物的血清阳性呈正相关。
该研究证实阿尔及利亚东北部牛群中存在[具体感染物未明确]感染。然而,85.71%的广泛感染率及其与先前流产的显著统计学关联(OR=29.15)需要进一步调查。