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J Vet Sci. 2007 Jun;8(2):193-195 |
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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 period
M. Mufit Kahraman1,*, M. Ozgur Ozygit1, Ahmet Akkoc1, Bulent Ediz2, Deniz Misirlioglu1, Gursel Sonmez1, Aylin Alasonyalilar1, Rahsan Yilmaz1 |
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1Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and 2Biostatistics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, 16059 Gorukle/ Bursa, Turkey
* mufitk@uludag.edu.tr |
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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.
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