Equine glanders in Turkey

Arun S., Neubauer H., Gurel A., Ayyildiz G., Kuscu B., Yesildere T., ...Daha Fazla

VETERINARY RECORD, cilt.144, sa.10, ss.255-258, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 144 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1136/vr.144.10.255
  • Dergi Adı: VETERINARY RECORD
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.255-258
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In the course of an epidemiological study of glanders on a number of Turkish islands in the Sea of Marmara, 1128 horses were examined by using the intracutaneous mallein test. Thirty-five (3.1 per cent) developed an increase in rectal temperature and a swelling at the point of injection. Ten of these horses were killed and glanders was confirmed in five cases by the presence of lesions and by the immunohistological demonstration of the causative agent, Burkholderia mallei. Clinical and pathological findings indicated that in all cases the infection was restricted to the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity with its parasinus, the nostrils and the upper lips. It was confirmed that equine glanders is endemic in Turkey.