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Caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) is a worldwide economically important disease of small ruminants particularly goats. CAE has been considered to be an emerging/re-emerging disease of goats and a notifiable disease in the Philippines. In this study, a nested-PCR method to detect CAE virus (CAEv) infection was conducted between January 2021 to December 2022. A total of 1334 goat blood samples were collected from 24 goat farms throughout Luzon, the Philippines. The over-all prevalence rate was 31.41% (419/1334) in goats and 91.67% (22/24) of goat farms. These results showed high positivity rate of CAEv and the disease may be widespread in Luzon, the Philippines.
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We thank the Philippine Carabao Center for the support to finish this study. In addition, special thanks to all the staff of Biosafety and Environment Section and Livestock Biotechnology Center for their technical support.
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Tubalinal, G.A.S.P., Belotindos, L.P. & Mingala, C.N. High positivity rate of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus in Luzon, the Philippines revealed by nested-polymerase chain reaction assay. VirusDis. 35, 11–16 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-023-00856-5
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