Targeted surveillance to assess the presence of BSE in the age risk population of cattle slaughtered in Bursa, Turkey: preliminary results of an immunohistochemical detection study for the 2004-2005

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a member of the transmissible spongiform encepahlopathies, has been a notifiable disease in Turkey since 1997. In 2002, the BSE status of Turkey was assessed by the EU Scientific Steering Committee as “it is likely but not confirmed”.This study presents the re...

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Published in:Journal of veterinary science (Suwŏn-si, Korea) 2007, 8(2), , pp.193-195
Main Authors: M. Mufit Kahraman, M. Ozgur Ozygit, Ahmet Akkoc, Bulent Ediz, Deniz Misirlioglu, Gursel Sonmez, Aylin Alasonyalilar, Rahsan Yilmaz
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Language:Korean
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Summary:Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a member of the transmissible spongiform encepahlopathies, has been a notifiable disease in Turkey since 1997. In 2002, the BSE status of Turkey was assessed by the EU Scientific Steering Committee as “it is likely but not confirmed”.This study presents the results of a targeted surveillance study to assess the presence of BSE in the age risk population of Bursa, Turkey. In the assessment procedure, the immunohistochemical detection of protease-resistant prion protein (PrP-Sc) was aimed at and applied to 420 brain tissues of cattle slaughtered in Bursa at an age of 30-months and older. None of the samples were positive for BSE. KCI Citation Count: 2
ISSN:1229-845X
1976-555X