Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determination of role infection in neonatal calves in Central Anatolian, Turkey. A total 300
fecal samples were collected from diarrheic neonatal calves, aged between 0–90 days from Konya, Karaman, and Aksaray
from January to April 2014. Fecal specimens from calves with clinically diarrheic symptoms were examined for the presence
of Bovine Coronavirus, Bovine Rotavirus, Cryptosporidium sp., and E.coli by commercially available capture direct enzyme
linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit and Modified Ziehl Neelsen method (MZN). Calves were grouped according to
their age as follows: 1-14, 15-29 and 30-90 days. Cryptosporidium sp. infection was detected in 52.8%, 58.8% and 39.2% by
ELISA and 33.9%, 47%, 26.7% by MZN in the respective age groups. The seroprevalance of Rotavirus (12.5%, 40%, 12.5%),
Coronavirus (2.5%, 0%, 3.5%) and E. coli (5%, 4.7%, 8.9%) infections were determined according to the age groups respectively.
Cryptosporidium sp. was the most detected enteropathogen (52%) of calves and coronavirus was the least detected (2%). The
detection rate of the mixed enfection was 9%. In conclusion, it must be evaluated by mix infections in calves with diarrhea.
These results will provide an important contribution against the factors that cause diarrhea.

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