| Environmental and Host factors affecting seroprevalence of bluetongue virus infections of goat. |
| Paper ID : 1056-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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Vahid Noaman * Amirieh Town, P. O. Box: 81785-199 |
| Abstract |
| There is several studies concerning naturally occurring bluetongue disease, clearly indicating that factors related to both the mammalian host and the environmental can influence the outcome of BTV infection. In this study results of testing of 1350 samples from a serologic survey of goat with bluetongue virus (BTV) infections in Chaharmahal-Va-Bakhtiari province of Iran were analyzed for association between environmental (climate) and host (age, sex, abortion history) factors and test result. Bivariate analysis indicated that environmental and 2 host factors were associated with test result. After Chi-square test, higher seropositive was observed in plain region (79.04%), compared with mountain region (43.98%) (df=2 , χ 2=224.2 , P<0.0001(.An association was found between seropositivity and sex, males (74.36%)had higher seropositive compared with females(49.51%) (df=2, χ2=88.78 , P<0.0001). An association was found between seropositivity and abortion history, abortive goat had higher seropositive compared with non-abortive goat (df=2, χ 2=37.75, P<0.0001).The investigation of bluetongue disease based on changes in the interplay of pathogens and affecting factors including hosts and environment is very important in epidemiological survey that these changes lead to the formation of novel disease patterns. |
| Keywords |
| Bluetongue, Seroprevalence, Goat |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |