| Summary |
The important cattle arboviral diseases like Akabane disease, Ibaraki disease and Chuzan disease all have been found in Taiwan. This study was performed to investigate nation wide sero-epidemiological status of Akabane virus, Ibaraki virus and Chuzan virus Infections of cattle in Taiwan. A total of 2,241 cattle sera collected from 16 districts in April 2004 were tested for antibodies against Akabane virus, Ibaraki virus and Chuzan virus using virus neutralisation test, indicating that seropositive rates were 83.95﹪,80.77﹪and 67.78﹪, and the mean neutralisation Ab titers were 19.38, 31.40 and 29.05, respectively. For the 69 cattle farms, 69 farms (100.00 %) were positive for antibodies against Ibaraki virus, 64 farms (96.67%) were positive to Akabane virus, 58 farms (84.06%) were positive to Chuzan virus.
|
| Keyword |
Arbovirus, Serological survey, Akabane disease, Ibaraki disease, Chuzan disease
|