Rotavirus Diarrhea Outbreaks in Arabian Thoroughbred Foals in A Stud Farm, Turkey

ALKAN F., TİMURKAN M. Ö., Karayel İ.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.19, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.9775/kvfd.2012.8186
  • Journal Name: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Keywords: Rotavirus, Equine, Genotyping, Diarrhoea, Turkey, GROUP-A ROTAVIRUS, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION, EQUINE ROTAVIRUSES, P-GENOTYPE, IDENTIFICATION, SEROTYPE, STRAINS, VP7
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, the aetiological agent of diarrhea in Arabian thoroughbred foals housed in a stud farms and it's molecular characterization were reported. Out of sampled seven foals with diarrhoea, five were detected positive by RT-PCR depending on the amplification of the VP6 gene of rotavirus. Then the aetiological agent was characterized genetically by sequence analysis of the genome segments encoding VP6, VP7, VP4 and NSP4 of rotavirus. Findings revealed that the Turkish equine rotavirus circulating within this stud farm belongs to G3 and P[12] genotype with E2 NSP4 and I6VP6. This is the first study to report the G and P genotypes of equine group A rotaviruses in Turkey.