Detection of Neospora caninum IgG Antibodies in Goats in Elazig, Erzurum and Kirsehir Provinces of Turkey

作者：Utuk A E^*; Simsek S; Piskin F C; Balkaya I

来源：Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2011, 66(4): 157-160.

• Neospora caninum
• goat
• c-ELISA
• Turkey

The aim of this study was to detect Neospora caninum IgG antibodies in Saanen and Hair goats from Elazig, Erzurum and Kirsehir provinces of Turkey. For this, a total of 128 sera obtained from goats were tested using a commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) kit. Overall prevalence of anti-N.caninum antibodies was 10.2% (13/128); and mean prevalence in Hair and Saanen goats were 13.8% (12/87) and 2.4% (1/41) respectively:This is the first serological study on caprine neosporosis in the above mentioned provinces of Turkey.

• 出版日期2011-12