Abstract
Background: Brucellosis is one of India’s most important bacterial diseases of large ruminants. It is of economic importance. It is caused by members of the Brucella species and responsible for abortion in pregnant bovines usually during the first term and generally after the fifth month of gestation. Hence, livestock farm with a history of abortion in pregnant animals has to be investigated for Brucellosis. Methods: Whole blood samples (of 50 individual buffaloes) were collected aseptically from a herd of buffaloes experiencing a natural outbreak of Brucellosis. Extracted serum samples were tested after clarification in commercially procured competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the serological laboratory diagnosis of Brucellosis. Result: Out of 50 buffalo serum samples tested by using commercially procured competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a total of 24 buffalo serum samples tested positive for the presence of Antibodies against Brucella species. Overall seropositivity of 48% was recorded for Brucellosis in the investigated buffalo herd experiencing a natural infection in the present study even after long-term storage of serum samples at deep freezing conditions.
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