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The distribution in Kenya of bluetongue virus and antibody, and the Culicoides* vector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

F. G. Davies  and
A. R. Walker
F. G. Davies
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
A. R. Walker
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
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Sera from domestic cattle, sheep and goats and 11 wild bovid species taken at 41 locations throughout Kenya were screened for antibody to bluetongue virus using the indirect fluorescent antibody method. Positive sera were found at 39 locations and in all the species tested. The distribution of clinical disease was mapped and found to be more restricted than the distribution of antibody. Culicoides were collected in light traps at 55 locations throughout Kenya. The presumptive vector of bluetongue in Kenya, C. pallidipennis, was the most widespread species, found in 38 locations. Both the distribution of antibody and Culicoides have been tabulated by ecological zones to demonstrate that bluetongue virus in its natural state in cattle and wild bovids is far more widespread than clinical bluetongue disease seen in exotic sheep of restricted distribution; and that C. pallidipennis has great ecological range.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , April 1974 , pp. 265 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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