Author/Authors :
BERBER, Engin Fırat Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Viroloji Anabilim Dalı, TURKEY , SÖZDUTMAZ, İbrahim Atatürk Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Viroloji Anabilim Dalı, TURKEY
Title Of Article :
Investigation of The Role of Pestiviruses in Abort Cases of Sheep at Elazığ, Malatya and Tunceli Provinces
Abstract :
The present study was aimed for determining the prevalance of pestiviruses (Border disease; BD and bovine viral diarrhoea virus; BVDV) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method in samples collected from abort cases in sheep in Elazığ, Malatya and Tunceli. As a result of this study, 36 (22.5%) of 160 animals were found positive for pestivirus. The results inidcates that, pestiviruses are important agent in etiology of sheep abortion in Elazığ, Malatya and Tunceli provinces.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Sheep , abortion , pestivirus , ELISA
JournalTitle :
Fırat University Veterinary Journal Of Health Sciences
