簡訊：嘉義縣山羊關節炎病例與山羊關節腦炎（CAE）抗體之關係

Short Communication: Association between Occurrence of Clinical Arthritis in Goats in Chia-Yi, Taiwan and Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis (CAE) Infections

廖永剛(Yung-Kung Liao) ； 蔡向榮(Hsiang-Jung Tsai) ； 張文章(Wen-Chiang Chiang) ； 呂榮修(Yong-Siu Lu) ； 張秋燕(Chun-Yen Chiang)

《中華民國獸醫學會雜誌》 23卷4期 (1997/08) Pp. 379-382

https://doi.org/10.7009/JTCSVS.199708.0379

摘要

1995年間對嘉義縣19個有關節炎發生之山羊飼養戶，採集一歲齡以上山羊血清樣本190件，測定山羊病毒性關節腦炎（caprine arthritis-encephalitis; CAE）之酵素結合免疫吸附法（ELISA）抗體。結果臨床上有關節炎症狀之山羊157隻中有146隻為ELISA抗體陽性（93％），而無關節炎症狀之山羊33隻中有19隻（57.5％）為陽性。結果顯示所調查山羊關節炎之發生與CAE病毒感染有極顯著相關（P＜0.001）。由以上結果得知嘉義縣山羊關節炎發生場普遍有CAE病毒感染，因而推論CAE病毒的感染，是臨床上常見山羊慢性關節炎之主要病因。

關鍵字

山羊關節腦炎 ； 酵素結合免疫吸附法

並列摘要

A total of 190 scrum samples was collected from 19 goat farms suffered from clinical arthritis in Chia-Yi County in 1995. The collected sera were all from adult goat aged more than one year. Out of 157 serum samples from goats with arthritis, 146 (93%) showed ELISA antibody against caprine atrhitis-encephalitis (CAE). Aother 33 serum samples from adult goats without arthritis, only 19 (57.5%) were CAE antibody positive. Significant association (P ＜0.001) between occurence of clinical arthritis and CAE infection was demonstrated by Fisher's exact test. Therefore, we beleive CAE infections are common in goats in Chia-Yi county and probably are the major cause of the arthritis seen in the fields.

並列關鍵字

Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) ； ELISA antibody ； Arthritis