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1 - One thousand se rum samples of different animals were used for serological studies. 2 - The incidence of African horsesickness precipitatingantibodies were 8 percent, 6 percent, 2.5 percent J 1.5 percent and 1 percent in sera of goats, dogs, sheep, - cattle, camels and buffaloes respectively. 3 - The Lnc Lderice of complement fixing antibodies ’were 23percent, 14 percent, 7 percent, 5 percent, 4 percent &~d o percent in sera of sheep, goats, dogs, camel, buffa- loes and cattle respectively.4 - Three strnins of African horse sickness virus were isolated from blood of the street dogs. 5 - Serologic identification and typing of the dog isolates, were, performed through the complement fixation, preciJ!l-itntion and serum-virus neutralization tests, indicated that the isolates were type 9 African horsesickness. 6 - The disease was experimentally pr-oduced in susceptible horse by inoculation of the virus isolates in horses. 7 - Studies were carried out on
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