Detection of antibodies against peste des petits ruminants virus in sera of cattle, camels, sheep and goats in Sudan.

Detection of antibodies against peste des petits ruminants virus in sera of cattle, camels, sheep and goats in Sudan.

Susceptibility of Sudanese sheep to a bluetongue virus isolated from apparently healthy cattle in the Sudan.

This study intends to clarify the role of apparently healthy cattle as a reservoir of bluetongue (BT) virus to sheep in the Sudan. It confirms earlier work and establishes that cattle can harbour bluetongue virus to which sheep are susceptible in the country. Experimental transmission of BT virus between the two species suggests that the best indicator to determine viraemia in apparently healthy cattle is to inoculate susceptible sheep with suspected cattle virus.