Why the study?
Foot-and-mouth disease is an economically devastating menace in livestock with multispecies involvement, prompting a serological survey to detect antibodies against structural and non-structural proteins of the virus in elephants.
Population
255 elephant serum samples from 5 different states of India
Design
Serological survey
Authors
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Low FMD seroprevalence without protective antibodies in Indian elephants warrants targeted surveillance; leaves open carrier status and vaccination needs.
A small percentage of Indian elephants show serological evidence of previous exposure to Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, but lack protective antibodies, highlighting a potential vulnerability and need for further ecological study.
Michael P. Rout (2023) studied this question.
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