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. 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S318-22.
doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C778.

Prevalence of rotavirus (GARV) and coronavirus (BCoV) associated with neonatal diarrhea in calves in western Algeria

Selles Sidi Mohammed Ammar  1 , Kouidri Mokhtaria  2 , Belhamiti Belkacem Tahar  1 , Ait Amrane Amar  1 , Benia Ahmed Redha  1 , Bellik Yuva  1 , Hammoudi Si Mohamed  1 , Niar Abdellatif  2 , Boukrâa Laid  1
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Prevalence of rotavirus (GARV) and coronavirus (BCoV) associated with neonatal diarrhea in calves in western Algeria

Selles Sidi Mohammed Ammar et al. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2014 May.

Abstract

Objective: To study the prevalence of bovine group A rotavirus (GARV) and bovine coronavirus (BCoV) in diarrheic feces from calves and the sensitive's parameters such as age group and sex.

Methods: Feces samples from 82 diarrheic dairy calves from farms around Tiaret (Western Algeria) were collected. These samples were tested by ELISA assay.

Results: The results showed that the prevalence of rotavirus and coronavirus infection are 14.63% (12.2% alone and 2.43% associated with bovine coronavirus) and 20.73% (18.3% alone and 2.43% associated with GARV), respectively.

Conclusions: The present study demonstrates that the both BCoV and GARV are involved in the neonatal calves' diarrhea, where the frequency of BCoV is clearly higher than that of GARV.

Keywords: Calves; Coronavirus; Diarrhea; ELISA; Prevalence; Rotavirus.

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Conflict of interest statement: We declare that we have no conflict of interest.

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