Author(s): S.M. Hafez, A.I. Radwan, S.I. Bekairi and A.A. Al-Mukayel
Article publication date: 1984-03-01
Vol. 2 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 280-286.
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Keywords
bluetongue, Saudi Arabia, antibodies
Abstract
The agar gel double diffusion technique was used to test for bluetongue precipitating antibody in serum samples collected from ruminants in Saudi Arabia. Of 560 sheep serum samples, 61 goat serum samples, 112 cattle serum samples and 3 camel serum samples from 6 different localities in the Kingdom, 336 (60%), 26 (43%), 20 (18%) and 2% (67%) samples, respectively, contained bluetongue antibody. This is the first report on the occurrence of bluetongue in Saudi Arabia.