The concern of Food and Mouth disease (FMD) in Arabian Dromedary Camels in the eastern Province of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 61, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 61-66 PDF (1.62 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2015.385485 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salem M* 1; Al-Hammadi M2 | ||
| 1Dept. of Med. and Inf, dis., Facult, of Vet. Med., Cairo University. Dept. of Clinical Studies, College of Vet. Med. and Animal Res, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. | ||
| 2Dept. of Microbiol., College of Vet. Med. and Animal Resources. King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| FMD in Saudi Arabia is considered one of the enzootic animal diseases that cause severe economic losses With outbreaks reported in cattle and sheep. The potential role of Camelus dromedaries in the epidemiology of FMD is unclear. In the current study, a total of 180 apparently healthy dromedary camels (Camelus dromedaries) were randomly sampled and sera were screened for the presence of antibodies produced against SABC non-structural proteins (NSP) for FMDV using a commercially available ELISA kit. Nineteen out of the 180 sera samples tested positive with an overall prevalence 10.45%. The obtained results appear that dromedaries might be a susceptible species to FMD infection similar to cattle, sheep and goats in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. | ||
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