TY  - JOUR
TI  - Investigation of anti-Neospora caninum Antibodies in Goats in Mesudiye District of Ordu using ELISA
AB  - This research was carried out to investigate the seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in goats of Mesudiye district inOrdu province. A total of 184 female goats, which were a year old or more, were randomly selected from fivedifferent study sites (Arpaalan, Birebir, Çiftliksarıca, Yeşilçit and Musalı) and the serum samples of the goats wereanalyzed for anti-N.caninum antibodies by applying ELISA. 16 out of 184 sera (8.69%) were determined asseropositive for anti-N.caninum antibodies. In terms of age groups, the seropositivity rate was highest in the 2years old goats (13.04%), while no seropositivity was detected in 1-year-old goats. The highest seropositivity rateamongst the study sites was found in Birebir with 36.6%, whereas none of the goats were seropositive examinedin Çiftliksarıca (April) and Yeşilçit. Sixteen (8.98%) out of 178 non-aborted goats were detected as seropositive,while there was no seropositivity in the 6 goats with abortion history. Neospora caninum seroprevalence was notfound to be statistically significant with regards to the age groups of the goats and aborting or non-abortingstatus(P>0.05), on the other hand, the results showed statistically significant (P<0.001) with regards to theresearch sites. This is the first serological report on N.caninum in goats of Mesudiye district in Ordu province.
AU  - Yıldırım, Alparslan
AU  - Karatepe, Bilge
AU  - ÖZDAMAR, DENİZ
DO  - 0.30607/kvj.747033
PY  - 2021
JO  - Kocatepe Veterinary Journal
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1308-1594
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/416481
ER  -