Prevalence of rotavirus (GARV) and coronavirus (BCoV) associated with neonatal diarrhea in calves in western Algeria

Selles Sidi Mohammed Ammar; Kouidri Mokhtaria; Belhamiti Belkacem Tahar; Ait Amrane Amar; Benia Ahmed Redha; Bellik Yuva; Hammoudi Si Mohamed; Niar Abdellatif; Boukrâa Laid

doi:10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C778

Prevalence of rotavirus (GARV) and coronavirus (BCoV) associated with neonatal diarrhea in calves in western Algeria

Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S318-22. doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C778.

Authors

Selles Sidi Mohammed Ammar¹, Kouidri Mokhtaria², Belhamiti Belkacem Tahar¹, Ait Amrane Amar¹, Benia Ahmed Redha¹, Bellik Yuva¹, Hammoudi Si Mohamed¹, Niar Abdellatif², Boukrâa Laid¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Research on Local Animal Products, Ibn-Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Tiaret 14000, Algeria.
² Institute of veterinary science, Ibn-Khaldoun University of Tiaret, Tiaret 14000, Algeria.

Abstract

Objective: To study the prevalence of bovine group A rotavirus (GARV) and bovine coronavirus (BCoV) in diarrheic feces from calves and the sensitive's parameters such as age group and sex.

Methods: Feces samples from 82 diarrheic dairy calves from farms around Tiaret (Western Algeria) were collected. These samples were tested by ELISA assay.

Results: The results showed that the prevalence of rotavirus and coronavirus infection are 14.63% (12.2% alone and 2.43% associated with bovine coronavirus) and 20.73% (18.3% alone and 2.43% associated with GARV), respectively.

Conclusions: The present study demonstrates that the both BCoV and GARV are involved in the neonatal calves' diarrhea, where the frequency of BCoV is clearly higher than that of GARV.

Keywords: Calves; Coronavirus; Diarrhea; ELISA; Prevalence; Rotavirus.