Serologic investigation of respiratory viruses in captive Goitred Gazella (Gazella subgut- turosa subgutturosa)

SUMMARY Around 850 Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa, the only surviving gazelle species in Anatolia, are kept and reared free within the premises of Ceylanpinar State Farm in Turkey. The aim of the study was to serologically investigate the well-known respiratory viruses in gazelle. For this purpose, indirect ELISA and virus neutralisation (VN) tests were performed on 82 serum samples for Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV), Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), Parainfluenza Virus-3 (PIV-3), Bovine Adenovirus-3 (BAV-3) and Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV). All of the samples were negative for BVDV and BHV-1, while 11.0%, 14.6%, and 24.4% seropositivity was identified for BAV-3, PIV-3, and BRSV, respectively. It was noticed that two ELISA positive samples for BRSV and BAV-3 had been detected as negative for VN; therefore, the ELISA test was maybe more sensitive than VN test.