Abstract
| Brucellosis is a bacterial disease and is caused by genus Brucella. It is highly prevalent zoonotic disease in developing countries including Pakistan. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in sheep and humans of district Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For this purpose, one hundred blood samples from each humans and sheep (50 each from both sexes) were randomly collected at three different tehsils (Lachi, Seni Gumbat and Kohat) of district Kohat. The serum samples were tested for presence of anti-Brucella antibodies by Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and Serum Agglutination Test (SAT). Moreover, a total of 50 milk samples were also collected from various sheep herds for subsequent conduction of milk ring test (MRT). The estimated prevalence of ovine brucellosis was 12.12%, 09% and 08.82% in Lachi, Seni Gumbat and Kohat, respectively, with an overall prevalence of 10% in the district. Whereas, SAT and RBPT demonstrated the prevalence as 7% and 6%, respectively, in humans. The results of current study validated that brucellosis was widespread in district Kohat with a relatively higher prevalence being recorded in ewes and occupationally exposed women than their male counterparts. Furthermore, the prevalence of brucellosis was significantly higher in sheep and humans of Lachi and Seni Gumbat tehsils as compared to Kohat. Results of the current study may support the health care organizers to formulate suitable control plans against Brucellosis.
Highlights
Brucellosis is a contagious, zoonotic and highly prevalent, infectious disease of humans and animals caused by genus Brucella (Schelling et al, 2003)
The overall prevalence of ovine brucellosis was recorded as 10.0% in district Kohat. Iqbal et al.2013 and Negash et al 2012 recorded the seroprevalence of ovine brucellosis as 08.07% and 07% in Ethiopia and Southern Punjab (Pakistan), respectively
The likely rationale for this lower prevalence in this study could be the involvement of smaller house hold and nomadic sheep herds with less number of animals than larger animal herds at organized farms analysed by Hamidullah et al (2009)
Summary
Muhammad Altaf Hussain, Rahmatullah Rind, Muhammad Adil, Momen Khan, Farmanullah, Arbab Sikandar3*, Usman Waheed, Mohammad Salim. Abstract | Brucellosis is a bacterial disease and is caused by genus Brucella. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in sheep and humans of district Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For this purpose, one hundred blood samples from each humans and sheep (50 each from both sexes) were randomly collected at three different tehsils (Lachi, Seni Gumbat and Kohat) of district Kohat. The estimated prevalence of ovine brucellosis was 12.12%, 09% and 08.82% in Lachi, Seni Gumbat and Kohat, respectively, with an overall prevalence of 10% in the district. The prevalence of brucellosis was significantly higher in sheep and humans of Lachi and Seni Gumbat tehsils as compared to Kohat.
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