Author/Authors :
AZKUR, Ahmet Kürşat Kırıkkale Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Viroloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , TONBAK, Şükrü Fırat Üniversitesi - Veteriner Fakültesi - Viroloji Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging virus which was discovered from a disease of cattle in Germany in 2011. SBV causes infection in domestic and wild ruminants including cattle, sheep, goat, buffalo and deer. In addition to fever, reduced milk yield, diarrhoea, SBV also leads to abortion, stillbirths and congenital malformations. SBV infection is reported in almost every European country. According to serological data of SBV infection in Turkey, seropositivity rates are %24.5 in cattle, %39.8 in sheep, % 2.8 in goat and %1.5 in Anatolian water buffalo. Even though there are many researches about SBV, detailed investigations are necessary to understand epidemiology, genetics and molecular pathogenesis of SBV because of being newly emerged virus.
