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Seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants in sheep and goats in Eastern India

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The seroprevalence study of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in small ruminants in Bihar and Odisha states in the Eastern region of India was carried out. A total of 1836 serum samples were collected from sheep (n = 648) and goats (n = 1188) from various epidemiological units (n = 112) in these states by a two-stage sampling plan during April 2017–March 2018. These samples were tested for the detection of virus antibodies by PPR competitive ELISA kit. The results revealed that the seroprevalence of PPR in sheep and goats in Bihar and Odisha states was 30.91% and 54.20%, respectively. Further, the chi-square analysis showed that the association exists between the presence of PPR virus antibodies in the goats (χ2 = 93.28, p < 0.01) and between the states (χ2 = 82.61, p < 0.01). This cross-sectional serosurvey also infers that the sheep and goats in most of the epi-units (n = 87) had < 70% of PPR virus antibodies prevalence. This warrants the intensive continuous mass vaccination program for a few more years to achieve the desired level of population immunity (epidemiological units protection level) and active surveillance to make these states free from PPR in the Eastern region of India.

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Authors wish to thank the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, for financial support of the Institute Project (IXX14475), and the ICAR-NIVEDI for constant support and encouragement always. The authors also thank the AICRP on ADMAS of Bihar and Odisha states collaborating center of ICAR-NIVEDI, for sending the sera for regular surveys to monitor the status of livestock diseases as well as for providing information about the status of PPR-CP. The authors are thankful to States’ Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Departments and their officials, field veterinarians, para-veterinarians for their assistance during samples/data collection in the survey and for their kind help and co-operation.

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  1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research -National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR-NIVEDI), Post Box No. 6450, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India

    V. Balamurugan, Bibitha Varghese, K. Vinod Kumar, G. Govindaraj, K. P. Suresh, D. Hemadri & Parimal Roy

  2. Division of Virology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Campus Mukteswar, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263138, India

    D. Muthuchelvan

  3. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Bihar Veterinary College, BASU, Patna, Bihar, 800014, India

    Pankaj Kumar

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Balamurugan, V., Varghese, B., Muthuchelvan, D. et al. Seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants in sheep and goats in Eastern India. VirusDis. 31, 383–387 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-020-00574-2

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