Browsing by Author "Muz, Mustafa Necati"

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Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Procalcitonin (Pct), C Reactive Protein (Crp), Nitric Oxide (No) Levels, and Adenosine Deaminase (Ada) Activity in Sheep With Natural Babesiosis Before and After Treatment
(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2018) Arslan, Sezai; Altug, Nuri; Muz, Mustafa Necati; Yuksek, Nazmi; Basbugan, Yildiray; Oruk Kilic, Ozlem
This study was carried out to reveal the importance of procalcitonin, C reactive protein, nitric oxide levels, and adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease in naturally infected sheep with Babesia ovis. Thirty sheep diagnosed clinically and parasitologically as having Babesia ovis were allocated to 2 groups. The first group was treated only with imidocarp dipropionate and the second group with imidocarp dipropionate and flunixine meglumin. On the seventh day after treatment, blood samples were collected again from the sheep in the babesiosis-infected group and the treatment responses were assessed. Serum PCT (1.72 +/- 0.34 ng/mL, P < 0.01), CRP (101.42 +/- 11.73 mu g/mL, P < 0.001), NO (15.77 +/- 2.75 mu mol/L, P < 0.01), and ADA (13.92 +/- 0.88 IU/L, P < 0.01) were higher in sheep with babesiosis than in the healthy sheep (0.49 +/- 0.04 ng/mL, 49.46 +/- 4.57 mu g/mL, 8.15 +/- 0.63 mu mol/L, 9.34 +/- 1.19 IU/L, respectively). When PCT, CRP, NO, and ADA before treatment and after treatment in the infected sheep were compared, the levels of these parameters except for ADA in the second group were determined to have statistically decreased after the treatment. As a result, it has been concluded that the measurements of PCT, CRP, NO, and ADA in sheep with babesiosis may be useful for the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease when assessed in association with clinical examination.
Hatay İlinde Bakısı Yapılan Kedi ve Köpeklerde Helmint Enfeksiyonları
(2006) Yaman, Mehmet; Ayaz, Erol; Gül, Abdurrahman; Muz, Mustafa Necati
Bu çalışmada 8 kedi ve 6 köpeğin otopsileri ve dışkı muayeneleri yapılmıştır. Dışkı muayenelerinde her iki hayvan grubunda %50,0 oranında enfeksiyon saptanmış olup, bir köpekte Trichuris sp. yumurtası, bir kedi ile bir köpekte de Ancylostoma sp. yumurtası bulunmuştur. Yapılan otopsi sonucunda kedilerin 7 (%87,5)'i, köpeklerin ise 2 (%33,4)'si çeşitli helmint türleri ile enfekte bulunmuştur. Otopsi bakılarında kedilerde Toxocara cati (%62,5), Joyeuxiella pasqualei (%50,0), Hydatigera taeniaformis (%25,0), Mesocestoides sp. (%12,5) ve Dipylidium caninum (%12,5); köpeklerde ise Toxocara canis (%16,7) ve D. caninum (%16,7) tespit edilmiştir. Bir kedinin karın boşluğunda çok sayıda Mesocestoides sp.'nin larvası olan tetrathyridium'lara rastlanmıştır. Kedi ve köpeklerde yüksek oranda askarit enfeksiyonlarının tespit edilmesi halk sağlığı açısından önemli bulunmuştur.
Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasma Gondii and Neospora Caninum in Brain Tissues of Some Wild Birds
(Kafkas Univ, veteriner Fakultesi dergisi, 2015) Muz, Mustafa Necati; Orunc Kilinc, Ozlem; Isler, Cafer Tayer; Altug, Enes; Karakavuk, Muhammet
There are limited molecular studies about Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum which are economically important livestock protozoons in wild birds investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Molecular prevalance of both parasites in brain tissues of wild birds in Turkey is unknown. Prevalance of T. gondii was 7%, N. caninum was 14% and mix infection was found 4% in brain tissues of 101 wild birds under 20 species from two different regions of Turkey. The chi-square test has been applied to the acquired data. This is the first molecular biologic investigation for the aim of PCR diagnosis of T. gondii in brain tissues of Corvus corone, Melanitta fusca, Aquila heliaca, Aquila pomarina, Buteo rufinus, Accipiter nisus, Strix aluco and N. caninum in brain tissues of Larus genei, Corvus corone, Melanitta fusca, Anas clypeata, Perdix perdix, Aquila heliaca, Buteo rufinus in the world. This also is the first molecular diagnostic investigation of T. gondii and N. caninum in brain tissues of wild birds in Turkey.