Sero-epidemiological studies on goat hypodermosis in Northern Upland Balochistan,Pakistan

Sero-epidemiological studies were conducted on goat warble fly,przhevalskiana silenus,to observe the prevalence of hypodermosis in district ziarat,northern upland of balochistan,pakistan during april 2011 to march 2012. the most prevalent breed of goat 'khurasani' was involved in the study and compared with the non-descript breed of goat. in the first study a total of 2880 (240 animals per month) goats of different age,sex and breed were examined on monthly bases. the mean percentage was 21.25% with the highest prevalence in january and lowest in october. three age groups were selected for the study i.e. < 1year,1-2 year and > 2 year old in which the highest percentage was noted in 1-2 years of age group. no significant differences were observed between both sexes and both breeds. in the second study,sero-prevalence was studied by commercial elisa kit. a total of 480 sera samples were collected during april 2011 to march 2012. three hundred and eight (64.16%) samples were found sero-positive. data analyzed by pearson chi-square test (χ2) revealed significant difference (p< 0.05) month-wise in the prevalence studies. it is concluded that the commercial elisa kit is a useful tool for the serodiagnosis of goat warble fly infestation which provides a base line data for the control and future eradication program of this economically important parasite. © copyright 2014 zoological society of pakistan.