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KMID : 1023520110340040303
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2011 Volume.34 No. 4 p.303 ~ p.311
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Prevalence of infectious agents in cattle reared in Ulleung island
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Seo Min-Goo
Do Jae-Cheul
Ouh In-Ohk
Cho Min-Hee
Kim Joong-Kew
Kim Young-Hoan
Park No-Chan
Kwak Dong-Mi
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Abstract
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Prevalence of infectious agents, including Brucella abortus (BA), Mycobacterium bovis (MB), bovine leukemia virus (BLV), M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MP), Neospora caninum (NC) and Toxoplasma gondii (TG), was investigated in all the cattle raised in Ulleung island during 2007∼ 2010. For BA, the prevalences in head and farm were 8.1% (44/545) and 5.5% (4/73) in 2007, all negative in 2008∼2009, and 0.5% (4/774) and 1.7% (1/58) in 2010, respectively. For MB, no sample was positive by PPD or ELISA in 2007∼2010. For BLV and MP, no sample was positive by ELISA in 2007∼2009. For NC, seroprevalences in head and farm were 0.2% (1/545) and 1.4% (1/73), respectively, in 2007 and all negative in 2008∼2009. For TG, seroprevalences in head and farm were 17.6% (97/552) and 54.8% (34/62) by ELISA in 2009. By regions, the seroprevalences of TG in Ulleung-eup, Seo-myeon and Buk-myeon were 26.0%, 9.8% and 16.7%, respectively, which had significant differences (P＜0.0001). Tiger cattle were more resistant to TG infection than Hanwoo. The seroprevalence of TG in summer was higher than in autumn. The seroprevalence of TG in cows was higher than in oxen. The seroprevalence of TG in cattle was increased with age. In conclusion, this study indicates that the prevalences of six infectious diseases, except for TG which are widely spread, are relatively low in cattle reared in Ulleung island.
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KEYWORD
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Prevalence, Infectious agents, Cattle, Ulleung island
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