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

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Selles Sidi Mohammed Ammar, Kouidri Mokhtaria, Belhamiti Belkacem Tahar, Ait Amrane Amar, Benia Ahmed Redha, Bellik Yuva, Hammoudi Si Mohamed, Niar Abdellatif, Boukrâa Laid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014
• Subjects: Calves; Diarrhea; Coronavirus; Rotavirus; Prevalence; ELISA; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C778; https://doaj.org/article/eabb5f8d20394dab9e0238f8035aa80a

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.