1. Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae among Sheep from Different Districts of Baluchistan, Pakistan.
- Author
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Amin, Shahid, Ur Rahman, Sajjad, Hussain, Iftikhar, and Muhammad, Ghulam
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SEROPREVALENCE , *MYCOPLASMA , *BIOLOGICAL assay , *SHEEP breeds , *IMMUNOGLOBULINS - Abstract
In this study, seroprevalence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in sheep was determined in Baluchistan, Pakistan. A total of 1047 sera samples from 139 flocks of sheep were tested using indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA). An overall prevalence of M. ovipneumoniae in sheep in Baluchistan was 16.53%. There was no difference in the prevalence among various districts of Baluchistan. The cumulative mean titter (CMT) of 20.32, 50.86 and 50.90 was found in < 1 year, 1-2 year and > 3 years of sheep, respectively. Age of sheep significantly influenced the prevalence being highest in 1-2 years old sheep followed by < 1 and > 3 year old sheep. Likewise, an association was also found between the prevalence and different breeds of sheep highest (70%) in Balochi followed by Harnai and Mengali. The use of IHA was found reproducible, inexpensive and effective tool to monitor the antibodies against M. ovipneumoniae in sheep in Baluchistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013