Detection of Enzootic Bovine Leucosis in Suspected Herd
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.1196-1198, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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.