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Işıdan H. (Executive), Ataş A. D., Turan T., Atasoy M. O.
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP Research Project, 2016 - 2019
Bluetongue disease, or catharal fever, is a non-contagious viral disease of ruminants such as sheep, cattle, goats, deer, gazelles, especially those carried by stinging flies of Culicoides imicola and other Culicoides. April-September samples were made with fly traps at 10 sampling centers (Reşadiye, Erbaa, Artova, Almus, Tokat, Sivas, Suşehri, Şarkışla, Yıldızeli, Gürün) in the cities of Tokat-Sivas in this project by taking into consideration the life cycles of the vector mosquitoes that are carriers of the Bluetongue disease. Species distributions of mosquito specimens collected from the site were; Anopheles sp (366), Culex sp (510) and Aedes sp (180). On the other hand, blood samples from cattle and sheep were collected from sampling centers and the presence of neutralizing antibodies specific to the Bluetongue virus was studied serologically. According to this, no seropositivity was detected in any animal. The presence of the virus with real time RT-PCR was also not detected in mosquito and blood samples obtained. As a result, a study was conducted on the epidemiology of the bluetongue virus at the sampling site, and the number and proportion of potential vectors in the region were determined.