Predominance of rotavirus genotype G6P[11] in diarrhoeic lambs.
Out of 500 faecal samples from lambs with diarrhoea in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 66 (13.2%) were positive for group A rotavirus (GARV) by the latex agglutination test (LAT). Electropherotyping by RNA-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the typical GARV 4-2-3-2 migration pattern in 49/66 (74.2%) samples. Fifty-two samples (10.4%) were positive by reverse transcription-PCR. G6 was the predominant G genotype (25/52; 48.07%), followed by G10 (19/52; 36.54%) whereas, the predominant P genotype was P[11] (46/52; 88.46%). G6P[11] is the prevalent strain of group A rotavirus in sheep in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, R.S. Pura, 181 102 Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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D000818:Animals; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral