Sero-Prevalence Survey of Small Ruminant Lentivirus (SRLV) Infections in Kosovo

Authors :: Armend CANA
Nick TAYLOR
Naomi HONHOLD
Valdet GJINOVCI
Arton OSMANI
Stefano NARDELLI
Bafti MURATI
Jeton SPAHIU
Dafina MEHMETUKAJ
Mentor ALISHANI
Source :: Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: University of Kafkas, 2020.
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