Publications by authors named "Abdulmajeed Hamood Al Rawahi"
Seroepidemiology of foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus non-structural protein (NSP) antibodies in the livestock of Oman.
Acta Trop
November 2019
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious acute viral disease that causes severe economic losses to the affected countries. To estimate the serological prevalence of the local livestock to the natural infection with FMD virus, a cross-sectional study was conducted from 2015 to 2017 in Oman. Sera from 5807 randomly selected animals (1792 cattle, 2119 goats and 1896 sheep) belonging to 884 herds were tested for the presence of antibodies against 3ABC non-structural protein (NSP) of the FMD virus by a Competition ELISA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA cross-sectional serological survey of cystic echinocossis was carried out on 2802 randomly collected sera of camels (n=706), cattle (n=687), goats (n=701) and sheep (n=708) from all governorates of Oman. The samples were analysed by in house indirect ELISA (iELISA) using Echinococcus granulosus antigen B (EgAgB) of naturally infected camels. The overall percentage of antibodies against EgAgB was found to be 14.
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- A passive surveillance study in Oman examined 282,020 animals across 8 abattoirs from 2010 to 2013, finding a significant prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) with 40.8% of 1,440 sampled positive, especially high in Dhofar (64.2%).
- Camels emerged as the primary source of CE (52% of fertile cysts), with infection rates varying significantly among species: camels (5.3%), cattle (0.6%), sheep (0.07%), and goats (0.03%), and overall infection rates were higher in female animals (67.9%).
- Molecular analysis revealed two strains of CE