Armend CANA, Nick TAYLOR, Naomi HONHOLD, Valdet GJINOVCI, Arton OSMANI, Stefano NARDELLI, Baft MURATI, Jeton SPAHIU, Dafia MEHMETUKAJ, Mentor ALISHANI

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

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 flck prevalence of 85%, and in goats an overall individual sero-prevalence of 15.6% (95% confidence interval 7.2% to 25.6%) and flck 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 diffrences in sero-prevalence between sheep in diffrent age groups

Kosova’daki Küçük Ruminant Lentivirus (SRLV) Enfeksiyonlarının Sero-prevalansının Araştırması

Bu kesitsel çalışmanın amacı, Kosova’da küçük ruminant lentiviral enfeksiyonların varlığını saptamak ve 2016 yılı için serolojik prevalansı tahmin etmekti. Toplam 5.272 koyun ve 435 keçi ticari olarak temin edilebilen dolaylı enzim bağlı immünosorbent test (ELISA) kullanılarak Maedi-Visna/Keçi Artritis-Ensefalitis hastalığı yönünden kontrol edildi. Koyunlarda bireysel sero-prevalans %34.8 (%31.8 ila %38.0; %95 güven aralığı), sürü prevalansı % 85 bulunurken keçilerde %15.6’lık bireysel sero- prevalans (%7.2 ila %25.6; %95 güven aralığı) ve %35’lik sürü prevalansı belirlendi. Hastalık sero-prevalansı koyunlarda Kosova’nın güneyinde ve batısında, keçilerde ise doğusu ve güneyinde daha yüksekti. Koyunlarda

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