TY  - JOUR
T1  - Seroprevalence of Equine Viral Arteritis in Donkeys in Kars District, Turkey
AU - , Yakup Yildirim AU - , Ali Haydar Kirmizigul AU - , Mehmet Tolga Tan AU - , Erhan Gokce AU - , Kemal Irmak 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 9
SP  - 1110
EP  - 1112
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.1110.1112
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.1110.1112
KW  - Donkey
KW  -ELISA
KW  -equine viral arteritis
KW  -seroprevalence
AB  - This study investigated sero-prevalence of Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) in Kars district. For this purpose, 76 donkeys from the district were blood sampled and specific antibodies to equine viral arteritis were investigated in serum by means of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Of the population sampled, seroprevalence of EVA was 14.47% (11/76). Seropositivity according to gender revealed that the proportion of seropozitivity was 16.66% (9/54) in male donkeys and 9.09% (2/22) in female donkeys.  This was the first study to report the presence and sero-prevelance of EVA in donkeys in Northeast Anatolia where donkey has important contribution to economic and day to day life of human and preventive measures should be taken to control the infection.
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