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The detection of antibody against peste des petits ruminants virus in Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Buffaloes

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Monoclonal antibody-based competitive ELISA (C-ELISA) has been used for the specific measurement of antibodies to peste des petits ruminants (PPR) viruses in sheep, goats, cattle and Buffalo. Serum samples from sheep (n = 232), goats (n = 428), cattle (n = 43), buffalo (n = 89) were tested. The animals had not been vaccinated against rinderpest or PPR. Findings suggested that the sero-positive cases were significantly higher in sheep (51.29%) than in goats (39.02%) (P = 0.002). The overall sero-prevalence of PPRV in small ruminants was 43.33%. The PPR antibodies seroprevalence was 67.42% in buffalo and 41.86% in cattle which was significantly higher in buffalo (P = 0.005). The overall sero-prevalence of PPRV in large ruminants was 59.09%. Cattle and buffalo sera showed a high prevalence of antibody against PPR virus which may explain the difficulty experienced in achieving high post-vaccination immunity levels against rinderpest. Because antibodies against PPR virus are both cross-neutralizing and cross-protective against rinderpest virus, further vaccination in the presence of antibodies against PPR virus may be a waste of national resources. It was also suggested that antibodies to PPR virus could prevent an immune response to the rinderpest vaccine. This paper presents serological evidence for the transmission of PPR virus from sheep and goats to cattle and buffalo and highlights the need to include PPR serology in the sero-monitoring programme to give a better indication of national herd immunity of sheep and goats against PPR.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Street No. 2, House No. P/31, Khalsa College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Haider Ali Khan, Muhammad Siddique,  Sajjad-ur-Rahman & Muhammad Ashraf

  2. ELISA Group, National Veterinary Laboratory, NARC, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Abubakar

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Pakistan is now (May 2007) recognized by OIE an rinderpest infection free and therefore no longer uses rinderpest vaccine in the field. http://www.oie.int/eng/info/en_peste.htm?e1d 6#free

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Khan, H.A., Siddique, M., Sajjad-ur-Rahman et al. The detection of antibody against peste des petits ruminants virus in Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Buffaloes. Trop Anim Health Prod 40, 521–527 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-008-9129-2

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