title: Seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease in the southern provinces of Cambodia.
abstract: A serological surveillance study was conducted between March and June 2006 in the southern provinces of Cambodia to determine the prevalence and distribution of foot-and-mouth disease. Cattle and buffalo originating from eight provinces and 69 villages were sampled. The results revealed that the village level prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the southern provinces of Cambodia was 87% with an overall individual animal prevalence of 30%. Three serotypes: O, A and Asia 1 were detected in this region with a prevalence of 28.5, 9.5 and 9.3%, respectively. However, as the antibody level to FMDV serotypes A and Asia 1 were generally low, it is likely that serotype O is responsible for most of the recent outbreaks of FMD in Cambodia. Seropositive animals were older than seronegative animals, especially with serotype O.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Production, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sothyratum@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sothyra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tum
authors.forename: Ian Ducan
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Ronello
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abila
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morzaria
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies