| molecular detection and characterization of ehrlichia canis from dogs in turkey. | seroprevalence of ehrlichia canis antibodies among dogs in turkey were previously reported, however, the ehrlichial organism has never been characterized in this region. the current study examined dogs from ankara with febrile illness for e. canis infection with e. canis-specific pcr. three of the 12 blood specimens from dogs showing clinical signs compatible with canine ehrlichiosis were found to be positive by pcr using e. canis-specific primers. e. canis detected in one of the blood specimens ... | 2005 | 16048040 |
| status of tick infestation of sheep and goats in turkey. | results of the identification and prevalence of ticks collected from 5,887 sheep, 2,125 goats and 1,079 stables during the period of 2 years in ankara and elazig provinces, turkey, are given together with a map showing the areas surveyed. distribution of ticks in the provinces is reported as well. | 1997 | 9530700 |
| carbohydrate histochemistry of skin glands in the turkish angora goat. | the skin glands of the general body surface of the turkish angora goat were studied by means of selected carbohydrate histochemical methods, in particular several po-lectin procedures. both gland types exhibited intensive secretion production, irrespective of season and body region. the different histochemical staining procedures demonstrated that glycoconjugates, especially neutral glycoproteins are present in the secretory cells and secretion products of the apocrine glands. the peroxidase (po ... | 1993 | 8217467 |
| [brucellosis outbreak in oltan village of ankara (author's transl)]. | there has been significant increase in the number of brucellosis cases admitted to our clinic within first 6 months of 1979. since most of the cases were from ayaş, polatli and oltan villages we visited oltan and examined 97 persons 23 of whom had complaints of fever, arthralgia and sweating. in addition to previous 5 cases, 5 more patients were found to have antibody titers of 160-640. in the control group none of the randomly chosen outpatients had titers higher than 40. three milk samples tak ... | 1980 | 7453584 |