Prevalence of four enteropathogens with immunochromatographic rapid test in the feces of diarrheic calves in east and southeast of Turkey

In this study, fecal specimens taken from 192 diarrheic and 14 healthy calves (2-40 days old) were examined for the presence of bacterial and parasitic agents. Fecal samples from diarrheic calves with the four immunochromatographic rapid tests were 92.7% positive for four enteropathogens. The indivi...

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Published inPakistan veterinary journal Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 496 - 499
Main Authors Icen, H. (University of Dicle, Diyarbakor (Turkey). Dept. of Internal Diseases), Arserim, N.B. (University of Dicle, Diyarbakor (Turkey). Dept. of Microbiology), Isik, N. (University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van (Turkey). Lab. of Research, Diagnosis and Control of Animal Diseases, Microbiology), Ozkan, C. (University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van (Turkey). Dept. of Internal Diseases), Kaya, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2015
Subjects
AETIOLOGY
CALVES
CORONAVIRUS
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM
DIAGNOSIS
DIARRHOEA
ESCHERICHIA COLI
FAECES
ISOLATION
PATHOGENS
ROTAVIRUS
TURKEY
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Summary:In this study, fecal specimens taken from 192 diarrheic and 14 healthy calves (2-40 days old) were examined for the presence of bacterial and parasitic agents. Fecal samples from diarrheic calves with the four immunochromatographic rapid tests were 92.7% positive for four enteropathogens. The individual prevalence was 25, 21.8, 9.4 and 2.1% for Rotavirus, Cryptosporidium parvum, E. coli K99 and Coronavirus, respectively. Concomitant infections caused by two agents were 15.6% for Rotavirus + Cryptosporidium, 1.0% for Rotavirus + Coronavirus, 5.2 % for Cryptosporidium+E. coli K99, and 7.3% for Rotavirus + E. coli K99. Besides concomitant infections caused by three agents were 3.1% for Cryptosporidium + Rotavirus + E. coli K99 and 1.0%, Cryptosporidium + Rotavirus + Coronavirus. In addition one calf (1.0%) was infected by combination of four agents as Cryptosporidium, Rotavirus, Coronavirus, and E. coli K99. The calculated individual prevalence was 56.9% for Rotavirus, 47.8% for C. parvum, 26.0% for E. coli K99 and 5.2% for Coronavirus. However, 88 samples were positive in smear detection for Cryptosporidium while 92 were positive in rapid test. As a result of this study it can be concluded that multiple etiologies of diarrhea can be seen and this can help in the development of a specific treatment and preventative measures for practitioners in east and southeast of Turkey.
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ISSN:0253-8318