National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Detection of viral antigen by direct fluorescent antibody test (FAT) from clinical samples collected from cattle and buffaloes of Navsari, Surat and Valsad Districts of Southern Gujarat were carried out. Out of a total of 116 clinical samples (44-cattle, 72-buffaloes) tested, fluorescence was observed in 14 (12.09%) samples. Species-wise, eight cattle (11.11%) and 6 buffaloes (13.64%) were found to be positive by the test. The highest number of animals were detected from Surat (14.29%) followed by Valsad (12.07%) and least in Navsari (10.81%) district. Viral antigen detected in 8.00% (4/50), 7.14% (1/14), 28.57% (2/7) in cattle and 16.67%, (2/12), 16.67% (1/6), 11.547% (3/26) in buffaloes from nasal, conjunctival and vaginal swabs, respectively. Only placental cotyledon sample collected from cattle showed positive reaction by direct FAT.
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