1. Sero-prevalence survey of small ruminant lentivirus (srlv) infections in kosovo
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Armend CANA, Nick TAYLOR, Naomi HONHOLD, Valdet GJINOVCI, Arton OSMANI, Stefano NARDELLI, Bafti MURATI, Jeton SPAHIU, Dafina MEHMETUKAJ, and Mentor ALISHANI
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small ruminant lentivirus ,maedi-visna ,caprine arthritis-encephalitis ,elisa ,kosovo ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to detect the presence of small ruminant lentiviral infections in Kosovo and estimate the serological prevalence for the year of 2016 . A total of 5.272 sheep and 435 goats were tested using a commercially available indirect enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Maedi-Visna/Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis, giving an overall individual sero-prevalence in sheep of 34.8% (95% confidence interval 31.8% to 38.0%), and a flock prevalence of 85%, and in goats an overall individual sero-prevalence of 15.6% (95% confidence interval 7.2% to 25.6%) and flock prevalence of 35%. Sero-prevalence in sheep was higher in the South and West of Kosovo, whereas in goats was higher in the East and South. There were no statistically significant differences in sero-prevalence between sheep in different age groups
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- 2019
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