Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus infections in goats in the Eastern Anatolia of Turkey [Türkiye'nin doǧu anadolu bölgesin'deki keçilerde peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus enfeksiyonlari{dotless}]

In this study,a totally 98 materials were used consist of different samples such as blood,oro-nasal swap,lung,spleen and lymph node from goats (n=38) in the 28 flocks suspected the pprv infection as clinically and macroscopic pathologic remarks. the goats that used in this study housed in the 11 different provinces of eastern anatolia. rt-pcr was used for the diagnosis of pprv infection. pprv nucleic acid was detected in 50 of 98 materials by rt-pcr. according to the results of rt-pcr,the pprv nucleic acid was detected in 39.2% (11/28),44.7% (17/38) and 45.4% (5/11) of the flocks,sampled animals and provinces in eastern anatolia,respectively. diagnostic value of necropsy materials such as lymph node,spleen,lung and of clinical samples such as oro-nasal swap and blood were determined more valuable diagnostic materials in the diagnosis of pprv infection by rt-pcr. data showed that pprv infections of the goats were widespread in the eastern anatolia region. additionally,it is determined that rt-pcr is sensitive and reliable method in the diagnosis of pprv infections.