Kamei KakhulanRavikumar, GTANUVASJohn Kirubaharan, JGomathinayagam, S2019-07-032019-07-032016http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810111717TNV_TH_2016_MVM14052Japanese encephalitis (IE) is an emerging zoonotic and arboviral disease of public health significance and endemic in South East Asia and India. Among domestic animals, pigs are the main amplifying host in which it can cause reproductive failure in pregnant sows. Horses and human exhibit encephalitis and arc dead-end hosts. There is no effective diagnostic assay developed in lndia and it is important to develop rapid, sensitive assay to detect JE virus specific antibody and viral RNA to prevent future threat to the state and the country.enVeterinary ScienceThesis