Detection of bovine rotavirus (BRV) infection in neonatal calves of in and around Navsari district of South Gujarat, India

Abstract

The present study reports the incidence of bovine rotavirus infection in bovine calves of in and around areas of Navsari district. 157 faecal samples comprising (122 diarrheic and 35 non diarrheic) from 104 cattle and 53 buffalo calves of < 45 days’ age were collected. All the samples were screened by LAT, ELISA and VP6 gene based RT-PCR and 17 (10.82%), 11 (7.0%) and 16 (10.19%) samples were found positive respectively. Diarrheic sample wise 13.11% incidence was recorded while all the non diarrheic samples were found negative. Species wise higher incidence was observed in cattle calves (10.58%) than buffalo calves (9.43%). Sex wise higher incidence was observed in female calves (10.61%) than male calves (6.81%). Age wise higher incidence was recorded in 0-15 days age group (11.58%) followed by 15-30 days age group (10.26%) and 30-45 days age group (4.35%).