Azkur, Ahmet KursatAlbayrak, HarunRisvanli, AliPestil, ZuleyhaOzan, EmreYilmaz, Oktay2020-06-252020-06-252013closedAccess0049-47471573-7438https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0415-2https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/5427Ozan, Emre/0000-0001-9872-8152; Risvanli, Ali/0000-0001-5653-0025; Ozenc, Erhan/0000-0002-9179-8796This, partly retrospective study, was designed to determine the seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV), a new Orthobunyavirus first reported in Germany in late 2011, in domestic ruminants from the Middle Black Sea, West, and Southeast regions of Turkey. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to screen serum samples collected from slaughterhouse animals between 2006 and 2013. The overall seroprevalence was 335/1,362 (24.5 %) with 325/816 (39.8 %), 5/307 (1.6 %), 3/109 (2.8 %), and 2/130 (1.5 %) recorded in cattle, sheep, goats, and Anatolian water buffalo, respectively. This is the first study to demonstrate the presence of antibodies to SBV in Turkish ruminants; it indicates that cattle are more susceptible to infection than sheep, goats, or buffalo and that exposure of domestic ruminants to SBV in Turkey may have occurred up to 5 years prior to the first recorded outbreak of the disease in 2011.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSchmallenberg virusCattleBuffaloSheepGoatsArticle4581825182810.1007/s11250-013-0415-22-s2.0-8489155560923645515Q2WOS:000327431300026Q2