Clinical and Diagnostic Study of Foot and Mouth Disease by using ELISA test in Cattle of AL – Diwaniya

Abstract

The study was carried during the period from November 2010 to June 2011 in different areas of AL – Diwaniya city (AL–Sedeer , Afak , AL – Hamza , AL – Shamiya and AL – Bedeer ), clinical examination of animals , blood samples has been collected .The results of clinical study showed the typical and characteristic signs which were differed in the severity as high fever , severe congestion of mucous membrane , profound depression , profuse salivation, eruption of vesicles and stomatitis while lameness , smacking , vesicles on feet were less in the severity ,other clinical signs as mastitis ,sloughing of the hoof and mortality in young animals were not recorded . The infection percentage in different areas of AL– Diwaniya city were 39.4%,33.3%, 26.6% ,20% and 14.2% in (AL–Sedeer , afak, AL– Hamza ,AL–Shamiya and AL– Bedeer) respectively.The infection distribution percentage by ELISA test in clinically affected and apparently normal cows were 93.3 %, 3.44% respectively with a total percentage of 34.09 % .The results showed high sensitivity and specificity of ELISA (93.3 % ,96.5 %) respectively as compare with clinical study.