Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi (Aug 2018)

The first detection of anti-anaplasma phagocytophilum antibodies in horses in turkey

  • Elçin GÜNAYDIN,
  • Selçuk PEKKAYA,
  • Fatih KUZUGÜDEN,
  • Melis ZEYBEK,
  • Tülin GÜVEN GÖKMEN,
  • Armağan Erdem ÜTÜK

DOI
https://doi.org/10.9775/kvfd.2018.20171
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 6
pp. 867 – 871

Abstract

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of equine granulocytic anaplasmosis, affects several species of wild and domesticated mammals, including horse, besides human. In Turkey, there were many reports on A. phagocytophilum circulation among cattles, sheep, dogs, mice, humans, except horses. In this study, we aimed to inquiry whether A. phagocytophilum were circulating among the horse population or not. For this purpose, 105 mare horse blood sera were examined for the presence of Anti-Anaplasma phagocytophilum IgG antibodies by IFAT. The seroprevalance rate of 8.57% horse sera were found to be positive. This was the first report about the presence of anti-A. phagocytophilum antibodies in horses in Turkey.

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