Abu Elzein, E.M.E.Aitchison, HenryAl-Afaleq, A.I.Al-Bashir, A.M.Ibrahim, A.O.Housawi, F.M.T.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2012-11-062012-11-0620121998Abu Elzein, EME, Aitchison, H, Al-Afaleq, AI, Al-Bashir, AM, Ibrahim, AO & Housawi, FMT 1998, 'A study on bluetongue virus infection in Saudi Arabia using sentinel ruminants’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 243-251.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20373The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat X Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Four sentinel herds comprising cattle, sheep and goats were established at various localities in Saudi Arabia. Maternal bluetongue antibodies were detected in all four sentinel herds but disappeared in 4- 6 months, immediately followed by seroconversion in all. Serological results indicated that the animals were recently exposed to BT virus serotypes 10, 12, 15 and 20. The epidemiology of the disease in Saudi Arabia is discussed.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineBluetongue virusSaudi ArabiaVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaBluetongueVeterinary virologyArticle