Acta Vet. Brno 2023, 92: 69-77

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202392010069

Investigation of selected bacterial agents causing sheep abortion in the Van Province by RT-PCR and histopathological methods

Özgül Gülaydın1ID, Cihat Öztürk2ID, İsmail Hakkı Ekin3ID, Ziya İlhan4ID, Fatma İlhan5ID

1Siirt University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Siirt, Türkiye
2Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Türkiye
3Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Van, Türkiye
4Balıkesir University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Balıkesir, Türkiye
5Balıkesir University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Balıkesir, Türkiye

Received October 22, 2021
Accepted December 13, 2022

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