PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Pak Vet J, 2011, 31(4): 363-365

Evidence of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Antibodies in Small Ruminants in Amuru and Gulu Districts,

Uganda

Robert Sande, Chrisostom Ayebazibwe¹*, Charles Waiswa², Francis Ejobi², Frank Norbert Mwiine², William Olaho-Mukani¹

Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 568, Fort Portal, Uganda; ¹National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, P.O Box 513, Entebbe, Uganda; ²School of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
*Corresponding author: cayebazibwe@gmail.com

Abstract

The study investigated evidence of antibodies against Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in apparently healthy sheep and goats in Amuru and Gulu districts in Uganda. A total of 474 blood samples were collected in thirty nine internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in seventeen sub-counties, from goats and sheep with no record of previous vaccination. The prevalence of antibodies against PPRV in goats was 12.5 and 0% in Amuru and Gulu districts while in sheep the prevalence of antibodies against PPRV was 16.5 and 11.1% in the respective districts. This is the first report on PPR antibodies in small ruminants in Northern Uganda. There is need to determine the prevalence of antibodies against PPRV in other surrounding districts in Northern Uganda and an attempt should be made to characterize the circulating PPRV.

Key words: Antibodies against PPRV; Goats; Prevalence; Sheep; Uganda

Abstract

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)