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- Title
Kedilerde felid alphaherpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1)'in moleküler tanısı ve asemptomatik kedilerin enfeksiyonun epidemiyolojisindeki rolünün belirlenmesi.
- Authors
Yıldırım, Yakup; Bilge-Dağalp, Seval; Doğan, Fırat; Küçük, Ali; Acar, Gülizar; Yıldız, Ramazan; Kale, Mehmet; Hasırcıoğlu, Sibel; Atlı, Kamil; Saltık, Hasbi Sait
- Abstract
Felid Alphaherpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1), one of the most common pathogens of cat respiratory system, mostly proceeds with symptoms such as fever, mucopurulent nasal flow, conjunctivitis and loss of appetite and might cause death especially in kittens following lower respiratory system infections. Transmission of the infection occurs via upper respiratory tract secret and excreta of acute and subclinically infected cats. In this study, FeHV-1 nucleic acid presence was searched using PCR technique in blood samples with EDTA taken from 112 cats, 55 females and 57 males, from different races, owned or stray, between 6 months -8 years of age, either didn't show clinical symptoms or showing clinical symptoms of respiratory system infection and phylogenetic tree was created by carrying out index analysis of positive samples. As a result of the PCR test, FeHV-1 nucleic acid was detected in 33.93% (38/112) of the samples. The positivity rate was 20.83% (5 / 24) in cats without clinical symptoms while it was 37.50% (33 / 88) in cats with clinical symptoms. Based on these data, it was concluded that cats showing respiratory system symptoms as well as non-symptomatic cats have a role in the epidemiology of the infection. In addition, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the positivity rates according to age and gender in the cats sampled, but the infection rate was relatively higher, especially in cats under 1 year old.
- Publication
Veterinary Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
2148-6239
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24880/maeuvfd.1008528