foot and mouth disease in some areas of Nainawa province during may 2007

Abstract

For the determination of FMD infection in Nainawa province Serum samples were collected from 92 suspected cases (42sheep,50cattle)this was performed in September 2007 and included nine region(Talafar ,Basheca, Al-shamal, Hamamalaleel ,Cokajlly ,Zamaar ,Al-Namrood ,AL-Koosh and Hemedaat), these samples were send frozen to the labs of state Vet. Company in Al-Nahdaa , the special test FMD-3ABC bo Ov enzyme immune assay on sheep serums showed that 30.95% were positive to the test and 19.05% were ambiguous while the test on bovine serums showed increase in both positive and ambiguous results (42%,26% respectively), 8 serums that showed the highest positive result to the former test were submitted to the special immunological test FMD Elisa Kit Liquid Phase Blocking Immunoassay for detection of antibodies of foot and mouth disease virus test which revealed that all sores of the samples were infected with O serotype FMD