Veterinaria Italiana (Dec 2013)

Detection of picobirnavirus and rotavirus in diarrhoeic faecal samples of cattle and buffalo calves in Mumbai metropolis, Western India

  • Anjan Mondal,
  • Soumendu Chakravarti,
  • Sharmila B. Majee,
  • Anilkumar Sadashivrao Bannalikar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12834/VetIt.1109.10
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 4
pp. 357 – 360

Abstract

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In this study 113 diarrhoeic faecal samples obtained from buffalo (n = 68) and cattle (n = 45) calves under 1 years of age were analysed in order to determine the presence of rotavirus infection and the frequency of picobirnavirus excretion. Eleven (9.73%) samples positive for group A rotavirus were identified through RNA-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RNA-PAGE), while 4 (3.53%) samples showed a bisegmented genome with a typical picobirnavirus pattern. This is the first report of picobirnavirus in cattle and buffalo calves from Western India.

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