| wildlife rabies in western turkey: the spread of rabies through the western provinces of turkey. | the incidence of rabies has decreased in turkey during recent years. however, an increasing number of rabies cases have been reported in the aegean (western) region of turkey. the virus appears to have maintained a foothold in the urban areas of the province of izmir with only three cases per year being reported during the mid-1990s. since 2001, the virus has been recorded in the previously rabies-free provinces of manisa and aydin. during this epizootic, cases have been reported in both dogs an ... | 2006 | 16490142 |
| [mitochondrial dna variation in asian guardian dogs]. | the hypervariable site of the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) control region has been studied in several sheepdog breeds. the genetic diversity is high in the central asian guardian dog and the northern caucasian wolf dog (an aboriginal group of breeds) and low in the caucasian guardian dog. haplotypes of groups a, b, c, and e/w have been found in central asian guardian dogs; haplotypes of groups a and b, in caucasian guardian dogs. there is evidence suggesting a gene flow from scandinavian dog popula ... | 2006 | 16915922 |