Pressure of Climatic Factors on Sheep Bluetongue Epidemics in Tamil Nadu by S Krishna kumar in CDVS in Lupine Publishers
This research correlates the effect of climatic factors on bluetongue
epidemiology in sheep of delta districts in Tamilnadu based
on merteriological data collected from 2014 to 2016. There are a total
of eighty two villages of delta districts were affected with
Blue tongue virus (BTV). We used multiple linear regression analysis to
assess the effect of climatic factors on the prevalence of
bluetongue. Our results showed that maximum temperature, rain fall and
relative humidity positively correlates with the number
of BTV epidemic in sheep flocks. These findings suggest that the risk of
BTV infections in sheep increased in warm and humid
environments. Moreover, climatic factors can be used to forecast the
possible epidemic in this area and other regions characterized
by similar climatic conditions.
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