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Papers by Ömer Demiral

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES, 2016

is a dual-purpose (bred for both meat and milk), stout, and heavy breed with a fat tail. It is us... more is a dual-purpose (bred for both meat and milk), stout, and heavy breed with a fat tail. It is usually bred to adapt to poor plant cover in areas with continental climate. The herdbook of the Kangal Akkaraman sheep breed was first established in 2012 (1), and there are currently no epidemiological studies that report the prevalence of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) in this breed. CLA is a bacterial and contagious infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and characterized by formation of abscesses in lymph nodes and internal organs in sheep and goats (2). It has been reported that C. pseudotuberculosis causes infections with different symptoms in other animal and human (3,4). The economic losses of CLA in the sheep industry are associated with early slaughter of agent-positive animals and downgrading of carcass, wool, and skin quality and yield (4,5). In addition, ewes with CLA may exhibit reproduction-related symptoms such as reduced fertility, abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections (6). In Australia, annual losses of $12-15 million were reported from CLA due to reduced yields of meat and wool (7). In spite of being the golden standard, isolation and identification of C. pseudotuberculosis is not always practical and advantageous in the diagnosis of CLA.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES, 2016

is a dual-purpose (bred for both meat and milk), stout, and heavy breed with a fat tail. It is us... more is a dual-purpose (bred for both meat and milk), stout, and heavy breed with a fat tail. It is usually bred to adapt to poor plant cover in areas with continental climate. The herdbook of the Kangal Akkaraman sheep breed was first established in 2012 (1), and there are currently no epidemiological studies that report the prevalence of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) in this breed. CLA is a bacterial and contagious infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and characterized by formation of abscesses in lymph nodes and internal organs in sheep and goats (2). It has been reported that C. pseudotuberculosis causes infections with different symptoms in other animal and human (3,4). The economic losses of CLA in the sheep industry are associated with early slaughter of agent-positive animals and downgrading of carcass, wool, and skin quality and yield (4,5). In addition, ewes with CLA may exhibit reproduction-related symptoms such as reduced fertility, abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections (6). In Australia, annual losses of $12-15 million were reported from CLA due to reduced yields of meat and wool (7). In spite of being the golden standard, isolation and identification of C. pseudotuberculosis is not always practical and advantageous in the diagnosis of CLA.