Background Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is an infectious disease induced by the Capripoxvirus, causing epidemics in Turkey and several countries worldwide and inducing significant economic losses. Although this disease occurs in Turkish cattle every year, it is a notifiable disease. In this study, LSD in Turkey was modelled using the Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, and Recovered (SEIR) epidemiological model, and production losses were estimated with predictions of the course of the disease. The animal population was categorized into four groups: Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, and Recovered, and model parameters were obtained. The SEIR model was formulated with an outbreak calculator simulator applied for demonstration purposes. Results Production losses caused by the LSD epidemic and the SEIR model’s predictions on the disease’s course were evaluated. Although 1282 cases were identified in Turkey during the study period, the prevalence of LSD was calculated as 4.51%, and the mortality rate was 1.09%. The relationship between the disease duration and incubation period was emphasized in the simulated SEIR model to understand the dynamics of LSD. Early detection of the disease during the incubation period significantly affected the peak time of the disease. According to the model, if the disease was detected during the incubation period, the sick animal's time could transmit the disease (Tinf) was calculated as 2.66 days. Production loss from LSD infection was estimated at US $ 886.34 for dairy cattle and the US $ 1,066.61 for beef cattle per animal. Conclusion Detection of LSD infection during the incubation period changes the course of the disease and may reduce the resulting economic loss.

The aim of this study were to detect the gyrA, parC and marR mutations and qnr genes (qnrA, qnrB and qnrS) in 120 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from animals. European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests, respectively, were used to determine fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance, and molecular methods were used to detect the mutations and the genes. E coli isolates with an MIC of ≥8 mg/l had mutation at Ser-80 in parC in addition to mutations at Ser-83, Asp-87 or both in gyrA. The nucleotide change was detected in marR (Ser-3 → Asn, Ala-53 → Glu, Gly-103 → Ser, Tyr-137 → His). Only four E coli isolates (3.3 per cent) contained qnrA and qnrS, and qnrB was not detected. Two E coli isolates from healthy calves also contained qnrA and qnrS. The MICs of enrofloxacin and danofloxacin for qnr-containing E coli isolates ranged from 32 mg/l to 256 mg/l. The results of this study indicated that the FQ-resistant E coli isolates presented an alteration in gyrA (Ser-83 → Leu, Asp-87 → Asn) and parC (Ser-80 → Ile) with high MICs (8-256 mg/l), and there was a low prevalence of qnr genes among E coli isolated from animals.

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Investigation of Contagious Agalactia by Bacteriological and PCR Methods in Sheep and Goats AbstractThe aim of this study was diagnosis that occurrence of Contagious Agalactia by bacteriological and molecular methods in sheep and goats. A total of 339 samples from sheep and goats in Bursa, Balıkesir, Çanakkale and Edirne provinces were examined by bacteriological and molecular methods. The samples were 162 milk samples,147 eye swabs, 15 joint fluids, 11 nasal swabs and 4 lung tissue. In bacteriological examination, 29 isolates were evaluated as Mycoplasma sp.. As a result of biochemical tests and growth inhibition tests, 29 (8.55%) Mycoplasma sp. were identified as 25 (7.37%) Mycoplasma agalactiae, 2 (0.58%) Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and 2 (0.58%) Mycoplasma arginini. In molecular diagnosis, polC gene-PCR results could be detected M. agalactiae positive with 9.14% rate. As a result of this, 5 milk samples and 1 lung tissue sample were detected positive by polC-PCR while negative by bacteriological examination. The results of polC-PCR detected M. agalactiae positive with 14.19% rate of milk samples, 13.33% rate of joint fluids, 2.72% rate of eye swabs and 50% rate of lung tissue samples but nasal swabs were detected as negative. In this study, presence of Contagious Agalactia were investigated by bacteriological and molecular methods and M. agalactiae was detected as a main agent which cause disease however other Mycoplasma species which cause disease were not observed.

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