Vol. 12, Special Issue 9 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanmeet Kour, Dr. Deepali Kalambhe and Sharjeel Ashraf

Abstract:
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a highly variable virus and is prevalent in the form of several serotypes. In India, where FMDV type 'O' serotype is typically the most prevalent, the disease is endemic and is responsible for the outbreak in the country. In the present study cattle from four districts of Kashmir valley were screened for the presence of FMDV and phylogenetic nature of the FMDV based on VP1 gene was determined. Serotype ‘O’ was found to be predominant in districts of Kashmir. The sequencing and phylogenetic analysis based on VP1 gene revealed that sequences from the districts of Kashmir showed close relation with each other and with the sequences KJ831717 and KJ831678 from porcine and KR265076 and EU552188 from Bos Taurus reported in United Kingdom as all of them shared a more common recent ancestor in their evolutionary history.