Author/Authors :
De, Ankan Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry - College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry - R. K. Nagar - West Tripura, India , Debnath, Bikash Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry - College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry - R. K. Nagar - West Tripura, India , Kumar Dutta, Tapan Department of Veterinary Microbiology - College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry - Selesih - Aizawl - Mizoram, India , Shil, Sujit Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry - College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry - R. K. Nagar - West Tripura, India , Bhadouriya, Sakshi Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India , Chaudhary, Dheeraj Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India , Kishore Rajak, Kaushal Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India , Pachauri, Richa Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India , AndavarRamakrishnan, Muthannan Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India , Muthuchelvan, Dhanavelu Division of Virology - Indian Veterinary Research Institute - Mukteswar - Uttarakhand, India
Abstract :
Peste-des-petits-ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and devastating disease of goats and sheep, and is
endemic in several countries of Asia and Africa. In the present study, seroepidemiology of PPR from goats was carried
out covering the entire state of Tripura during 2012 and 2015. The analysis of sera samples (n= 3454) revealed seroprevalence rate between 0 and 16.83 with an overall rate of 2.11%. The highest prevalence rate (16.83%) was observed
in the West Tripura district whereas antibodies against PPRV could not be detected from four districts viz., Khowai,
Gomati, Unokoti, and Sepahijala. The present study indicates that the disease incidence is sporadic in the state and in
some places the animals are naive for PPR infection, which warrants immediate vaccination against PPRV.
Keywords :
Peste-des-petits-ruminants , PPR , Seroprevalence , goat , Tripura
