A cross sectional survey for B virus antibody in a colony of group housed rhesus macaques

B. J. Weigler; Jeffrey A Roberts; D. W. Hird; N. W. Lerche; J. K. Hilliard

A cross sectional survey for B virus antibody in a colony of group housed rhesus macaques

B. J. Weigler, Jeffrey A Roberts, D. W. Hird, N. W. Lerche, J. K. Hilliard

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Abstract

A systematic sampling technique was used in combination with a highly sensitive and specific ELISA to provide unbiased age-specific prevalence estimates of B virus antibody in rhesus monkeys housed in three different outdoor breeding corrals. Among 146 sampled monkeys, 97% of animals 2.5 years and older were seropositive, while only 22% of younger animals were seropositive. Neither gender nor social dominance ranking were predictive of B virus antibody status. The strong age association was not inconsistent with hypothesized veneral transmission of B virus. Improvements in the epidemiologic understanding of B virus are necessary to assist efforts to eradicate this agent from breeding colonies of rhesus monkeys.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	257-261
Number of pages	5
Journal	Laboratory Animal Science
Volume	40
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1990

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veterinary(all)

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