Seropositivity of Equine Viral Arteritis in horses in Iraqi Equestrian club

Abstract

This study aimed for the detection of the presence of equine viral Arteritis (EVA) infection in horses in Iraq. A hundred and eighty-six blood sample were collected from horses attended to the state clinic in Equestrian club in Baghdad in the period extended from May to November 2014, the samples were transported to the laboratory of clinical pathology in Department of Internal and Preventive Veterinary Medicine/Baghdad University. Serum samples were submitted to competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (cELISA) for detection of Equine arteritis virus specific antibodies, the study revealed that 1.61%(3 samples) of the examined samples were seropositive to applied test, that may consider the first indication to the presence of infection with EAV in Iraq .