Serosurveillance of viral diseases in Korean native goats (Capra hircus).
A total of 804 goat sera were collected from 144 goat farms in five regions of South Korea during a period between 2005 and 2006 and screened for the antibodies of viral pathogens in ruminants. The individual seropositive rates for each virus were 13.7% (110/804) for bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), 9.5% (76/804) for bovine parainfluenza type-3 virus (PI-3V), 5.5% (44/804) for Akabane virus (AKAV), 13.3% (107/804) for Aino virus (AINV), 2.0% (16/804) for Chuzan virus (CHUV) and 1.0% (8/804) for bovine coronavirus (BCoV). Compared with other areas, Chungcheong Province showed higher seropositive rates of 13.6% for PI-3V, 22.3% for AKAV and 28.2% for AINV. The results indicate that among the six viral diseases, BHV-1 infection is quite prevalent, while BCoV infection is less prevalent on domestic goat farms in Gyeongsang and Jeonla Provinces.
National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. yangdk@nvrqs.go.kr
Dong-Kun
DK
Yang
In-Jin
IJ
Hwang
Byoung-Han
BH
Kim
Chang-Hee
CH
Kweon
Kyung-Woo
KW
Lee
Mun-Il
MI
Kang
Cheong-San
CS
Lee
Kyoung-Oh
KO
Cho
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D017938:Coronavirus, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D030081:Palyam Virus / Q000276:immunology; D029101:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013045:Species Specificity; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral