Prevalence of Lentivirus Antibodies in Small Ruminants of South Gujarat

摘要

The study was undertaken to evaluate the presence of lentivirus antibodies in small ruminants of South Gujarat. Out of 416 goats tested 35 (8.41%) and from 127 sheep, 34 (26.77%) animals had antibodies against lentivirus by competitive ELISA. Seropositivity was higher in sheep as compared to goats and it was significant (p<0.05) statistically. Sex-wise analysis revealed, prevalence in male and female goats as 1.65% and 11.19%, respectively and the difference was significant (p=0.0015). Whereas in male sheep 29.27% and in female 25.58% animals were found to be positive and the difference was non-significant (p=0.661) at 95% level of confidence. While combining sheepand goats, prevalence in males was 8.64% and in females 14.44 % with an overall prevalence of 12.71 per cent. Overall, higher prevalence was recorded in females as compared to males.