Strains of foot-and-mouth diseas virus in different districts of Bangladesh

Chowdhury, S. M. Z. H.; Rahman, M. F.; Rahman, M. B.; Rahman, M. M.

doi:1996.9.3.315

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Animal Reproduction and Physiology

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 1996;9(3): 315-317.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.1996.315 Published online June 1, 1996.

Strains of foot-and-mouth diseas virus in different districts of Bangladesh

S. M. Z. H. Chowdhury, M. F. Rahman, M. B. Rahman, M. M. Rahman

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to find out the strains of foot-and-mouth disease(FMD) virus in 24 districts of Bangladesh. A total of 505 FMD virus samples were collected from June, 1989 to June, 1991 and tested by complement fixation test(CFT). Of these, 276(54.7%) were found positive for different strains of FMD virus and the rest 45.3% were either negative or anticomplementary. Strains identified were O, C, Asia-1 and sub-strains A5 and A22. Strain O was found to be most prevalent(39.8%) followed by Asia-1(5.7%), C(5.3%), A5(3.4%) and A22(0.4%). Prevalence of substrain A5 was reported for the first time in Bangladesh. District-wise typing of FMD virus has been done which would be helpful for appropriate vaccination programme in different districts of Bangladesh for control of the malady.

Keywords: Prevalence; Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus; FMD Virus Strains