High prevalence of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) in Taiwanrevealed by large-scale serological survey

[摘要] In this study, a large-scale serological survey of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus(CAEV) infection was conducted between March 2011 and October 2012. 3,437 goat blood ormilk samples were collected from 65 goat farms throughout Taiwan. A commercial ELISA kitwas used to detect antibodies against CAEV. The overall seropositive rate was 61.7%(2,120/3,437) in goats and in 98.5% (64/65) of goat farms. These results provide the firstlarge-scale serological evidence for the presence of CAEV infection, indicating that thedisease is widespread in Taiwan.

[学科分类] 兽医学

[关键词] caprine encephalitis virus;goat;serological survey;Taiwan