Abstract
A cross sectional study on the seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in Al-Najaf province in Iraq
Highlights
Brucellosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused by the gram-negative Brucella species, that can affect domestic, wild animals as well as humans [1]
The study was conducted from January to March 2012, to determine the prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the Al-Najaf province in Iraq, which represent risk factors associated with brucellosis in cattle
All animal serum samples were tested by the Rose Bengal plate test (RBT), and the positive cases were confirmed by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA)
Summary
Brucellosis is a bacterial infectious disease caused by the gram-negative Brucella species, that can affect domestic, wild animals as well as humans [1]. In Mosul city, seroprevalence rate was 18.25% and 5.8% in cattle [4], and 8.50 % in buffalo [5]. In Mosul province, the infection rate of ovine brucellosis was 15.9 % using the ELISA test on different samples of sheep herds [8] and 25.6% using Rose Bengal test and 2- mercaptoethanol test in goats [9]. In Mosul city, Al-Iraqi reported a seroprevalence of Brucella antibodies in female buffalo 50.8% and 28.8% by using cELISA and RBT respectively [5]. Another study showed that the seroprevalence of Brucella antibodies in cattle was 16.7% and 18.3% by using c-ELISA and RBT respectively [12]
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