DECREASE IN THE NATURAL IMMUNITY OF RIFT- VALLEY FEVER NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES FROM DOMESTIC RUMINANTS IN THE SENEGAL RIVER BASIN 3 YEARS AFTER THE 1987 EPIZOOTIC
Y. Thiongane et al., DECREASE IN THE NATURAL IMMUNITY OF RIFT- VALLEY FEVER NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES FROM DOMESTIC RUMINANTS IN THE SENEGAL RIVER BASIN 3 YEARS AFTER THE 1987 EPIZOOTIC, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 87(1), 1994, pp. 5-6
A domestic ruminants serosurvey of Rift valley fever (RVF) neutralizin
g antibodies has been carried out during three years after the 1987 ep
idemic in the Senegal River Basin. Authors present results from the 19
90 serosurvey that are matched with the preview surveys. Out of 1,225
ongulate tested, 17.2 % had RVF virus antibodies. There is a global de
crease in the herds immunity since the epizootic manifestation associa
ted with the 1987 epidemic. Significant differences in seroprevalence
are observed from the delta (28.5 %) to the lower (17.9 %) and middle
valley (6.1 %) of the Senegal river. Cattle are more likely to be with
an higher seroprevalence than goat and sheep.