Investigation Of Rota Virus In Dogs

N.Hamdaan, Feras; K. Hassan, Ibtesam; A.Hasso, Saleem

	Investigation Of Rota Virus In Dogs
The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine (IJVM)
Article 1, Volume 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-14 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Feras N.Hamdaan; Ibtesam K. Hassan; Saleem A.Hasso
Abstract
397 fecal samples were collected from dogs of different breeds, ages and sex. Detection of rotavirus was achieved by two techniques latex agglutination test and agar gel diffusion test. Blood samples were collected to study various hematological parameters. The results showed that 95 samples were positive to rotavirus 23 samples (24.2%) were from diarrheic cases and 72 samples (75.8%) were from non diarrheic cases. Younger dogs were more affected with rotavirus infection 17 positive cases than older ages 6 positive cases. The results showed that diarrheic cases caused by rotavirus were 23 cases (25.3%) that were less than the diarrheic cases caused by other agents 68 cases (74.7%). It had been shown that the ages less than one year (11 cases) were more affected with rotavirus and complication with dehydration than ages older than one year (2 cases). It was found that the morbidity rate in males (53%) was significantly higher than females (47%). The Terrier breed showed a high morbidity rate 42% than others Mixed, Greatdane, Goledretriver and Doberman. Our study showed that latex agglutination test was more sensitive than agar gel diffusion test and the positive samples out of 200 samples were detected by using latex agglutination test were 39 samples while 18 positive samples by agar gel diffusion test. There were no differences in blood parameters of the dogs that showed positive results of rotavirus in comparing them with the negative results. The study showed that rotavirus is widely spreaded among doges with gastrointestinal diseases, it showed that latex agglutination test is more reliable for quick clinical diagnosis.

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