Seroprevalence of Schmallenberg Virus Infection in Sheep in Sivas Province

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus infection with indirect ELISA method in Kangal Akkaraman breed in Sivas, Turkey. For this purpose, blood samples of 368 Kangal Akkaraman sheep, consisting of 255 ewes and 118 rams, aged between 1 and 4 years old were collected. Seroprevalence of infection was detected with a commercial indirect ELISA kits (IDEXX Schmallenberg Ab Test？, IDEXX, Switzerland) that were identified the presence of the Schmallenberg virus antibodies in serum samples. Only one animal was seropositive out of 368 animals (0.27 %). To the best of our knowledge, it’s a novel report for presence of SBV infection in Kangal Akkaraman sheep, a breed whose first official herd book has only been established recently, in Sivas