Indian Journal of Animal Research

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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 52 issue 6 (june 2018) : 903-906

Serological data of bovine herpes virus type-1  and bovine viral diarrhea virus  infections  in various  ruminants in small-scale farms in the Central and Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey

Cuneyt Tamer, Hasan S. Palanci, Zafer Yazici, Elif Bayram, Murat Cakmaker, Emre Ozan, Hamza Kadi, Sermin Onkol, Semra Gumusova, Harun Albayrak.
1<p>Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,&nbsp;Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey.</p>
Cite article:- Tamer Cuneyt, Palanci S. Hasan, Yazici Zafer, Bayram Elif, Cakmaker Murat, Ozan Emre, Kadi Hamza, Onkol Sermin, Gumusova Semra, Albayrak. Harun (2017). Serological data of bovine herpes virus type-1 and bovine viral diarrhea virus infections in various ruminants in small-scale farms in the Central and Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey . Indian Journal of Animal Research. 52(6): 903-906. doi: 10.18805/ijar.v0iOF.8470.

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and Bovine herpes virus type-1 (BHV-1) are economically important pathogens leading to critical health problems for widespread ruminant populations worldwide. This study was conducted in order to update the seroprevalence of both viruses in non-vaccinated ruminant breeding enterprises in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Blood samples (n=1.025) were collected from 192 small-scale farms and were screened using a virus neutralization test. Overall percentages of BVDV and BHV-1 were 19.90 % and 13.56 %, respectively. All goat and cattle enterprises were seropositive for BVDV. Single and dual virus infections rates were 24.87 %  and 5.26 % respectively. The Black Sea Region of Turkey has a great number of small-sized ruminant farms and the results confirmed that BVDV and BHV-1 viruses were still in circulation and a wide range of large and small ruminants were exposed to both viruses.


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