Seroprevalence of Equine Viral Arteritis in Donkeys in Kars District, Turkey

摘要

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.