%0 Journal Article
%T PRIMER REPORTE DE BOVINOS SEROREACTORES AL VIRUS LENGUA AZUL EN CUBA
%A Mart¨ªnez
%A Nadia
%A Alfonso
%A A
%A Barrera
%A M
%J Revista de Salud Animal
%D 2011
%I Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
%X bluetongue (bt) is a viral disease affecting domestic and wild ruminant included in the oie diseases list. cuba is located in the area of endemic virus circulation, but the presence of antibodies had not been searched. the objective of the present work was to carry out a serological study to several bovine herds selected by its potentiality for trading. a total of 1100 serum samples from healthy bovines from the cuban provinces, pinar del r¨ªo, la habana, matanzas, villa clara, ciego de ¨¢vila, camag¨¹ey, las tunas and guant¨¢namo were analyzed by a competition elisa. the 99.7 % was positive. the obtained results agree with previous reports in the caribbean and central america regions, where a high prevalence of antibodies against this virus was found.
%K bluetongue virus
%K antibodies
%K bovines.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0253-570X2011000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en