title: High prevalence of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) in Taiwan revealed by large-scale serological survey.
abstract: 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 or milk samples were collected from 65 goat farms throughout Taiwan. A commercial ELISA kit was 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 first large-scale serological evidence for the presence of CAEV infection, indicating that the disease is widespread in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wei-Cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hui-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chi-Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hung-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Cheng-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yun-Hsiu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Jui-Chuan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Kun-Wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016088:Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus, Caprine / Q000502:physiology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral