Enquête sérologique de deux infections virales (parainfluenza type 3 et Blue-Tongue) des petits ruminants en zones saharo-sahélienne et sahélienne d'Afrique

Sheep and goat sera from arid or semi-arid areas were tested for BT and PI 3 antibodies. It appears that BT exists all over Africa even if the disease is not clinically evident. Although the climatic factors are not favourable to the vectors, the edaphic factors such as water holes or the altitude play an important role in the preva lence of the infection. Parainfluenza type 3 infection is also commonly distributed in tropical Africa. In the desertic or subdesertic areas, the rate of positive animals in smaller than in the humid tropics, but one of the main factor for the extension of the disease is the mode of raising

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Main Authors: Lefèvre, Pierre-Charles, Calvez, D.
Format: conference_item biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: CIRAD-IEMVT
Subjects:L73 - Maladies des animaux, ovin, caprin, anticorps, fièvre catarrhale ovine, sérologie, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7030, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3324, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_493, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_976, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27081, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29755, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6734, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4660, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1487, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2676, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165,
Online Access:http://agritrop.cirad.fr/446922/
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