The Investigation of PestivirusInfections in Bovine, Ovine and Caprine Foetuses in the East and Southeast Regions of Turkey

Abstract

The present study was aimed to investigate the presence of pestiviruses in bovine, ovine and caprine foetuses in the East and Southeast regions of Turkey by antigenenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA) method. For this purpose, 245 bovine foetuses, 89 ovine foetuses and caprine foetuses (in total 370 foetuses) were collected from Elazig, Malatya, Tunceli, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Şırnak and Hakkâriprovinces during January-May 2012. A pool of foetal tissues (lung, liver and spleen) was created for each foetus. The sample of each foetus was tested with the Ag-ELISA test. Pestivirus antigens were detected in 81 of 245 cattle samples (33%), 23 of 89 sheep samples (25.8%), and 8 of 36 goat samples (22.2%). According to these results, it has been revealed that pestivirus infectionis responsible for abortion in cattle, sheep and goats in the investigated regions.

Keywords

• Pestivirus
• Aborted Foetuses
• The East and SoutheastAnatolia
• Turkey

Türkiye’nin Doğu ve Güneydoğu Bölgelerinde Abort Yapmış Sığır, Koyun ve Keçi Fötuslarında Pestivirus Enfeksiyonunun Araştırılması

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu bölgelerinde bulunan illerde yetiştirilen sığır, koyun ve keçilerin abort olmuş fötuslarında pestivirus antijen varlığının ticari bir ELISA (AgELISA,IDEXX Laboratories,Inc,Maine,USA) testi ile araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Elâzığ, Malatya, Tunceli, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Şırnak ve Hakkâriillerinden 2012 yılı, Ocak-Mayıs ayları arasında 245 sığır, 89 koyun, 36 keçi olmak üzere toplam 370 aborte olmuş fötus toplandı. Her bir fötus için, akciğer, karaciğer ve dalak doku numunelerini içeren, bir numune havuzu oluşturuldu. Her bir fötuse ait numune, Ag-ELISA testi ile test edildi. Test sonucunda, 245 sığır numunesinin 81’inde (%33), 89 koyun numunesinin 23’ünde (%25,8) ve 36 keçi numunesinin 8’inde (%22,2) pestivirus antijeni tespit edildi. Bu sonuçlara göre, araştırmanın yapıldığı bölgelerde sığır, koyun ve keçilerde abort yapma nedeni olarak önemli derecede pestivirus enfeksiyonunun sorumlu olduğu ortaya konulmuş oldu.

Keywords

• Pestivirüs
• Abort Yapmış Fötüs
• Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu
• Türkiye

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