| seroprevalence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in mithun (bos frontalis) in india. | a preliminary study on the seroprevalence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (ibr) in different strains of mithun maintained atthe national research centre on mithun, nagaland, india, revealed that the overall prevalence of ibr in these mithun was 19%. this paper examines the results of that preliminary study. to the knowledge of the authors, this is the first report on the seroprevalence of ibr in mithun in india. the highest prevalence of ibr was observed in mithun found in arunachal pradesh ... | 2004 | 15861877 |
| isolation, identification and retrospective study of foot-and-mouth disease virus from affected mithun (bos frontalis) in north-eastern india. | foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) is a contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals that causes substantial and perpetual economic loss. apart from the contagious nature of the disease, the fmd virus can establish in a "carrier state" among all cloven-hoofed animals. the mithun (bos frontalis), popularly called the "cattle of mountain," is found in the geographically isolated, hilly region of north-east india: arunachal pradesh, nagaland, manipur and mizoram. despite the geographical inaccessibility, ... | 2017 | 28707820 |
| first report on serological evidence of bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) infection in farmed and free ranging mithuns (bos frontalis). | despite reports of bvdv infection in several domestic and wild ruminants, no information exists for mithun (bos frontalis) species. hence, this study was undertaken to determine prevalence of bvdv infection in mithuns, which contribute significantly to local economy in the north eastern region of india. blood and serum samples were collected between 2013 and 2016 from mithuns (n = 466) belonging to the states of nagaland, mizoram, and arunachal pradesh. serum samples were tested for bvdv antibod ... | 2017 | 28504301 |