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Antibodies to Schmallenberg virus in domestic livestock in Turkey

Tropical Animal Health and Production volume 45, pages 1825–1828 (2013)Cite this article

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This, partly retrospective study, was designed to determine the seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a new Orthobunyavirus first reported in Germany in late 2011, in domestic ruminants from the Middle Black Sea, West, and Southeast regions of Turkey. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to screen serum samples collected from slaughterhouse animals between 2006 and 2013. The overall seroprevalence was 335/1,362 (24.5 %) with 325/816 (39.8 %), 5/307 (1.6 %), 3/109 (2.8 %), and 2/130 (1.5 %) recorded in cattle, sheep, goats, and Anatolian water buffalo, respectively. This is the first study to demonstrate the presence of antibodies to SBV in Turkish ruminants; it indicates that cattle are more susceptible to infection than sheep, goats, or buffalo and that exposure of domestic ruminants to SBV in Turkey may have occurred up to 5 years prior to the first recorded outbreak of the disease in 2011.

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  1. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, 71451, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Ahmet Kursat Azkur

  2. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

    Harun Albayrak

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

    Ali Risvanli & Sidal Alparslan

  4. Department of Virology, Pendik Veterinary Control Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

    Zuleyha Pestil

  5. Department of Virology, Veterinary Control Institute, Samsun, Turkey

    Emre Ozan, Abdullah Cavunt & Hamza Kadı

  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

    Oktay Yılmaz, Duygu Acar & Erhan Özenç

  7. Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23110, Elazig, Turkey

    Sukru Tonbak & Hakan Bulut

  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Hasan Ceyhun Macun

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Ahmet Kursat Azkur, Harun Albayrak, and Ali Risvanli contributed equally to this work.

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Azkur, A.K., Albayrak, H., Risvanli, A. et al. Antibodies to Schmallenberg virus in domestic livestock in Turkey. Trop Anim Health Prod 45, 1825–1828 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0415-2

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