Detection of Enzootic Bovine Leucosis in Suspected Herd

Gümüşova S., Albayrak H., Ozan E., Yazıcı Z.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.1196-1198, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1196-1198
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bovine leukemia virus, calves, cattle, ELISA and nested-PCR, POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION, LEUKEMIA-VIRUS, INFECTION, CATTLE, DIAGNOSIS
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) was detected in blood sera and leukocyte samples of 5 of 50 (10%) dams and 5 of 11 (45.4%) calves of Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) suspected herd by ELISA. All of the samples were also tested by nested-PCR for detection of proviral BLV DNA in which 5 of 50 (10%) dams and 3 of 11(27.2%) calves were positive for BLV specific 341 bp product. This is the first report of (EBL) in calves in Turkey.