OBJECTIVES Rubella vaccination is not included in the national immunization programme of Turkey. However, it is on the market and is recommended, mainly by the private sector, at the age of 12-15 months. Introduction of the rubella vaccine without achieving high coverage has the risk of shifting the mean age of rubella infection among the unvaccinated population to reproductive ages. The aim of...

The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalance of Chlamydophila abortus in aborting ewes and cattle in the Kars province in the north-eastern part of Turkey. Thirty sheep flocks and 26 herds of dairy cattle out of 4 districts in the province were examined by ELISA. For this purpose, abortion cases of 236 sheep and 192 cows of different breeds and age were investigated serologically du...

Hepatitis B is a major public health problem worldwide. Nearly 2 billion people—one-third of the world’s population—alive today have been infected with HBV at some time in their life, of which about 350 million remain infected. Studying the prevalence of HBV infection in tertiary care centre / teaching hospital based study of Hepatitis B surface antigen is a strong indicator of true HBV infecti...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to identify the seroprevalance of diseases which are zoonotic and responsible from abortion such as toxoplasmosis, listeriosis and brucellosis in Holstein crossbred cattle of different age and sex in Adana province, between 2008 April-September. METHODS For this purpose, blood serum samples were collected from 132 cattle and analyzed for Toxoplasma gondii, L...