title: Absence of link between abortion and seropositivity of cystic hydatid disease in ewes and female goats in Turkey.
abstract: This study was conducted to test whether there is a statistically significant association between seropositivity to cystic echinococcosis and abortion in ewes and female goats from the Turkish provinces of Elazig (east Anatolia), Sanliurfa (south-east Anatolia) and Kayseri (Inner Anatolia) using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A total of 20 of 133 sera (15.1%) from ewes and 5 of 101 sera (4.9%) from goats with a history of abortion gave seropositive results that were not significantly different (p>0.05) from these, 9.9% (10/101) were reported for ewes and 1.6% (2/122) for female goats without a history of abortion. Serological prevalence rates among those animals with a history of abortion were not significantly different from the control group. No positive association was established between seropositivity for cystic echinococcosis and abortion in ewes and female goats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119 Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simsek
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Risvanli
authors.forename: Abuzer Gaffar
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Zonturlu
authors.forename: Orkun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Demiral
authors.forename: Nevzat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saat
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D014421:Turkey