Epidemiology of diarrhoea caused by rotavirus and in lambs in Kashmir valley, India.

One hundred and twenty-nine faecal samples, collected over a period of 1 year, from 96 diarrhoeic and 33 non-diarrhoeic lambs aged between 0 and 3 months were examined for presence of rotavirus and (). Group A rotavirus was detected in 24 (25%) of diarrhoeic lambs using sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and ribonucleic acid-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RNA-PAGE). Statistically no significant relation was found between rotavirus infection and age of the lambs.

Isolation and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from calves and lambs with diarrhoea in India.

Aims: To determine the prevalence and molecular characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) in calves and lambs with diarrhoea in India.

Methods And Results: Faecal samples originating from 391 calves and 101 lambs which had diarrhoea were screened for presence of E.

Detection of a mammalian-like group A rotavirus in diarrhoeic chicken.

The present investigation describes detection of a mammalian-like electropherogroup A rotavirus in chicken with diarrhoea. This also records the first detection of a rotavirus in an avian species from India. During the investigation 75 diarrhoeic faecal samples collected from adult chicken were screened for the presence of group A rotavirus antigen by sandwich ELISA.