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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the preference criteria for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) and for where FFV is sold according to thesocio-economic characteristic of consumers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: In order to meet the above objective, an online survey was conducted. A sample of 720 respondents was selected from the residents of all cities in Turkey using the snowball method, which is one of the non-probability sampling methods. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used to examine the statistical relationship between socio-economic characteristics and preference criteria.
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Coronaviruses are enveloped, positive strand RNA viruses. They can cause many respiratory, enteric, hepatic and neurological diseases in humans and animals. Alpha and Beta are the most common types in humans. Human Coronaviruses (HCoV) were first described in the 1960s. Later, outbreaks of different severe Coronavirus infections called MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV have been reported. Finally, in December 2019, new Coronavirus infections (2019-nCoV, with more recent definitions SARS-CoV2 or COVID-19), which started in Wuhan, China's Hubei province and spread all over the world, were reported. Unlike other coronavirus infections seen to date, this new coronavirus infection has spread very rapidly and has affected the whole world. In this review, it is aimed to provide important and up-to-date information about Covid- 19 infection, which turned into a pandemic in a very short time.
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Aim: Coronaviruses and Rotaviruses are important virologic factors for both animal and human health in Turkey and the world. Bovine Rotavirus (BRV) and Bovine Coronavirus (BCoV) in cattle cause significant economic losses. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of BRV and BCoV in Anatolian buffaloes which were on the same farms with cattle. For this purpose, presence of these two viruses were investigated by Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and BRV-BCoV Rapid tests and sensitivity and specificity ratios of these two tests were compared. Materials and Methods: In this study, 230 Anatolian buffaloes were clinically evaluated in cattle farms in Afyonkarahisar region. Fecal samples were collected from 27 buffaloes which had clinical signs (weakness, dehydration, vomiting, watery consistency and yellow stool). The fecal samples were evaluated by Rapid Test and RT-PCR for Bovine Rotavirus and Bovine Coronavirus. The analyzes were performed according to the procedure of the commercial RT-PCR and rapid kits.