Medycyna Wet. 63 (2), 187-189, 2007
Yazici Z., Okur Gumusova S., Albayrak H.
Serological profile of some viral infections in unvaccinated cattle in Turkey
In this study, 936 unvaccinated cattle sera were analyzed against five viruses: bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), parainfluenzavirus type 3 (PIV-3), bovine adenovirus type 1 (BAdV-1), bovine adenovirus type 2 (BAdV-2) and bovine adenovirus type 3 (BAdV-3), which were caused by respiratory system diseases in cattle. The study used the serum neutralization (SN) test – a conventional method. The seropositive rates for each virus were found to be 20.19%, 41.02%, 23.82%, 21.90% and 8.1%, respectively. Evaluation of the data revealed that 25.64% of the sampled population was seronegative against the investigated viruses, 74.36% were seropositive for one or more of them and 42% of animals were found to be seropositive against any of the investigated viruses. 25.42% of the animals were seropositive against two viral infections whereas 5.23% of the animals were found to be seropositive against three viral infections and 0.1% of the animals were detected to be seropositive for four viruses.
Keywords: Bovine viruses, respiratory system