Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Animal Diseases Caused by Orbiviruses, Algeria
Table
Seropositivity for BTV and EHDV in livestock in Algeria, 2008*
Location† | No. positive/no. tested |
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BTV, cattle | BTV, sheep | BTV, goats | BTV, camels | EHDV, cattle | |
Adrar | 0/31 | 0/19 | 0/6 | 0/27 | 6/29 |
Aïn Témouchent (1) | 13/54 | 1/16 | 1/11 | NT | 1/54 |
Algiers (2) | 14/41 | 0/18 | NT | NT | 0/41 |
Annaba (3) | 8/28 | 1/17 | NT | NT | 0/28 |
Béjaïa (4) | 6/40 | 0/21 | NT | NT | 0/40 |
Blida (5) | 13/44 | 4/25 | NT | NT | 1/44 |
Boumerdès (6) | 12/37 | 3/15 | NT | NT | 1/37 |
Chlef (7) | 12/22 | 0/21 | NT | NT | 1/22 |
Djelfa | 5/49 | 2/13 | 0/5 | NT | 15/49 |
El Tarf (8) | 54/54 | 9/17 | NT | NT | 3/54 |
Ghardaia | 17/22 | 6/15 | 5/12 | 7/7 | 5/22 |
Jijel (9) | 4/27 | 0/22 | NT | NT | 0/27 |
Mostaganem (10) | 58/72 | NT | NT | NT | 11/72 |
Naama (11) | 0/55 | 2/23 | 0/4 | 10/35 | 9/56 |
Oran (12) | 9/53 | 7/18 | NT | NT | 11/53 |
Skikda (14) | 3/13 | 3/11 | NT | NT | 1/13 |
Souk Ahras (15) | 8/18 | 0/9 | NT | NT | 1/18 |
Tebessa (16) | 2/26 | 6/17 | 4/11 | NT | 6/26 |
Tindouf | 6/15 | 5/13 | 2/23 | ||
Tipasa (16) | 0/48 | 0/20 | NT | NT | 0/48 |
Tizi Ouzou (17) | 0/64 | 1/9 | NT | NT | 0/62 |
Tlemcen (18) | 9/54 | 1/18 | 0/9 | NT | 3/54 |
Total | 247/852 | 52/359 | 15/71 | 19/92 | 75/849 |
*BTV, bluetongue viruses; EHDV, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus; NT, not tested.
†Values in parentheses indicate provinces (wilayas) shown in the Figure.