TY - JOUR T1 - A Serologic Investigation of Canine Herpesvirus Type 1 Infection in Kangal Dogs AU - , Abuzer Acar AU - , Sibel Gur AU - , Ismet Dogan AU - , Yilmaz Akca JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 8 IS - 7 SP - 1377 EP - 1380 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2009.1377.1380 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.1377.1380 KW - ELISA KW -Kangal KW -canine KW -herpesvirus KW -dogs KW -Turkey AB - Canine Herpesvirus-1 (CHV-1) is an Alphaherpesvirus, the infection was detected throughout the world in dog population. In this study, 110 blood serum samples obtained from clinically healthy adult Kangal dogs, which are unvaccinated for CHV-1 in 4 private Kangal breeding kennels at Ankara province. The samples was controlled using indirect ELISA, as result of the test, out of 110 dog sera, 79 (71.8%) was found to be seropositive for CHV1. Positivity was found to be in all of the studied farms among 42.8 and 86.6% proportions. The important differences were not detected between male (21/32, 65.6%) and female (58/78, 74.3%) dogs as statistically. According to kennel records, no clinical findings related to the CHV1 infection were reported in any of the animals before, despite very high infection rates. ER -