Abstract
The Prevalence of Brucellosis in Kundhi Buffaloes in District Hyderabad, Pakistan
Highlights
It has been estimated that more than 95% world population of buffaloes are found in Asia mainly in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka (Othman et al, 2014)
Brucella organism is declared as a primary agent of brucellosis in human beings, which is transmitted to humans from infected/carrier animals including cattle, goat, sheep and dogs through ingestion of contaminated animal products and/or by inhalation of air borne pathogen (Buhari et al, 2015)
Brucellosis is called Bang disease, which is a zoonotic disease throughout the world (Durrani et al, 2015), that is a common transmittable bacterial disease of livestock and have great economic importance worldwide including Pakistan
Summary
The Prevalence of Brucellosis in Kundhi Buffaloes in District Hyderabad, Pakistan. The current study was conducted to observe the prevalence of brucellosis in district Hyderabad, Pakistan. A total of Four hundred and Two (n=402) milk samples were collected from 30 towns during winter and summer seasons of 2014-2015 from Kundhi buffaloes. It was concluded that prevalence of brucellosis in Kundhi buffaloes was low in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Keywords | Brucellosis, Kundhi Buffalo, Winter, Summer, Milk Ring Test, Hyderabad. Buffalo is considered as the foremost milk producing animals of Pakistan which is known as “black gold’. They have a significant role in draught and meat production. Hyderabad region is a border city, where from animals cross from other cities (i.e., Karachi, Jamshoro, Tando Muhammad Khan etc.) without proper quarantine measures, several transmissible diseases including Anthrax, Tuber-
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