A sheeppox virus outbreak in Central Turkey in 2003: Isolation and identification of capripoxvirus ovis

OĞUZOĞLU T. Ç., Alkan F., ÖZKUL A., Vural S. A., Gungor A. B., Burgu I.

VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, vol.30, no.8, pp.965-971, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11259-006-3259-7
  • Journal Name: VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.965-971
  • Keywords: sheeppox virus (capripoxvirus ovis), cultural isolation, electron microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, RAPID DIAGNOSIS, BIOPSY SAMPLES, POXVIRUS, VACCINE, GOATS, PCR
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Poxvirus epidemics occur almost every year and cause significant economic losses for small-scale animal producers in Turkey. In this study, the causative agent of the most recent epidemic in Central Anatolia was detected in clinical samples using electron microscopy (EM) and amplified using an in house polymerase chain reaction procedure for the first time. Additionally, the aetiological agent was isolated from a sheep and identified using EM and PCR.