title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey. mufitk@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: M Mufit
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: M Ozgur
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ozygit
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkoc
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ediz
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Misirlioglu
authors.forename: Gursel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alasonyalilar
authors.forename: Rahsan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011328:Prions