dc.contributor.author | Kibore, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Gitao, C. G | |
dc.contributor.author | Sangula, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Kitala, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-05T13:29:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-05T13:29:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kibore B . , Gitao C. G., San gula A., Kitala P. Porcine FMD s ero - prevalence in Kenya and its potential effect . American Journal of Research Communication, 2014, 2(10) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/80182 | |
dc.description.abstract | The role of
pigs in the epidemiology of foot
-
and
-
mouth disease
in Kenya has not been
thoroughly
investigated.
I
n order to understand this
,
a
cross sectional study was
conducted on serum samples from 15 counties in Kenya in order to determine the
sero
prevalence of foot
-
and
-
mouth disease in porcine species. The study utilized serum
samples at FMD laboratory including SERECU project collected i
n the year 2010
.
The
porcine serum samples were subjected to AniGen® FMD NSP Ab screening ELISA test.
The ELISA kit was designed to detect FMDV specific antibodies in serum. From the
serology results, the mean
sero
prevalence of foot and mouth
disease in po
rcines
was
54.4%
(n=98)
on NSP screening
while 45.6% (n=82) turned out to be negative.
The FMD
seroprevalence in porcines was higher compared to
similar study done in bovines 52.5%,
although the difference between the two was not statistically significant
at 95%
confidence interval
. None of the sampled pigs were
vaccinated
and therefore the
seropositivity was due to the wild virus circulation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Porcine fmd sero-prevalence in kenya and its potential effect | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |