A Serological Investigation of Pestivirus, Bluetongue Virus and Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus in Small Ruminants in Samsun Province of Turkey

Abstract

Abstract: Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a vector-borne disease of ruminants disseminated in the tropic and sub-tropic zone of the world. All pestiviruses are important veterinary pathogens causing economic losses in cattle, sheep and pigs. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious viral disease of the domestic and wild ruminants. In this study, blood samples randomly collected from 144 sheep and 50 goats were analysed for the presence of antibodies to pestiviruses, BTV and PPRV using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the  province of Samsun and their towns.  Because pestiviruses cause persistent infection, antigen tests for this agent have also been performed. Seropositivity rates in sheep were detected as 0%, 3.47% and 90.27 for BTV, PPRV and pestiviruses, respectively. In addition, the pestivirus antigen was detected in three sheep serum samples. Positivity rates for infections in goats varied and were as follows: BTV 4.0%; PPRV 2.0%; pestiviruses 10.0%, however no pestivirus antigen was detected in goats.

 

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Türkiye Samsun Yöresi Mandalarında (Bubalus bubalis Linneaus, 1758) Bazı Abortla İlişkili Etiyolojik Ajanların Serolojik Olarak Araştırılması

Abstract

Türkiye’de mandalarda aborta neden olan etkenler hakkında yeterli bilgi bulunmamaktadır. Samsun ilinde, manda yetiştiriciliği ekonomik açıdan önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Mandalarda görülen infertilite ve abort gibi üreme bozuklukları hayvancılık endüstrisinin önemli problemlerindendir. Bu çalışmada, Samsun ilinde bulunan 82 mandadan toplanan kan serumlarında bovine viral diarrhoeae virus (BVDV), bovine herpes virus-1 (BHV-1), Neospora caninum ve Brucella abortus’un varlığı serolojik olarak araştırıldı. Seroprelans oranı BVDV için %68,3 (56/82), BHV-1 için %80,5 (66/82), N. caninum için %28 (23/82), B. abortus için %2,4 (2/82) olarak tespit edildi. Türkiye’de mandalarda brusellosis ve neosporosis seroprevalansıyla ilgili olarak ilk olan bu çalışma, bireysel veya diğer atık etkenleriyle birlikte değerlendirildiğinde manda yetiştiriciliğine katkı sağlayacaktır.

Keywords

• BHV-1, Brusellosis, BVDV, Manda, Neosporosis

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