Newcastle Disease (ND) is a serious and commonly fatal viral poultry disease, which is widely distributed throughout the world. In most developing countries including Ethiopia, ND is the most important disease causing huge economic losses. A cross sectional study was conducted in February 2014 in village chickens at three selected districts in and around rift valley lakes of Ethiopia to determine the prevalence of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) by serological and molecular methods. A total of 155 sera and 155 swab samples were collected from village chickens in Bishoftu, Tikur wuha and Ziway districts. The sera samples were analyzed by Competitive-ELISA. ND viruses were isolated from the tracheal swab specimens, through inoculation in embryonated chicken eggs and were characterized genetically by using molecular methods. Real-time RT-PCR targeting a conserved region of the M gene was employed to amplify all APMV1. M-gene positive samples were further analyzed by Real-time RT-PCR targeting F-gene to specifically amplify the virulent strains. The overall sero prevalence of ND was 11.6% with no statistically significant differences between the study districts at 95% confidence level. Thirteen isolates were positive for APMV1 out of which 38.4% (5/13) were virulent NDV strains. This study provides important information on serological and virological profile of NDV and highlights the importance of continuous surveillances to better understand the epidemiology of the disease.
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