BRUCELLOSIS IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN KOSOVO
Avni Robaj, Driton Sylejmani, Naser Ramadani, Frank Melzer, Anne Mayer-Scholl, Sascha Al-Dahouk, Karsten Noeckler, Afrim Hamidi
Pagini: 70-73
Publicat: 1 Jan 2013
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Rezumat: Sheep and goat Brucellosis in Kosovo has been reported in the last years and human brucellosis infections have mostly been in association with sheep and goat brucellosis. The aim of this study was the determination of the brucellosis immune status in three sheep herds with a small number of goats from two endemic regions in Kosovo due to high abortion rates in these herds. The possible association of sheep and goat brucellosis with human brucellosis cases from these households was aimed. The disease is endemic in Kosovo and surrounding countries. In the first herd out of 49 sheep and goats, 11 animals resulted positive using Rose Bengal Test (RBT) and Complement Fixation Test (CFT). 12 corresponding milk samples resulted positive using PCR and only one milk sample (goat) using horizontal method for isolation was confirmed as Brucella melitensis. In the second herd all of the 4 examined aborting sheep resulted brucella positive using both RBT and CFT. Out of 240 sheep in the third herd, 48 sheep resulted positive for brucellosis using RBT and 94 sheep resulted positive using CFT. This study shows the endemicity of brucellosis in Kosovo, the probably unknown brucella status of animals and the low vaccination efficacy.
Cuvinte cheie: animal and human brucellosis, endemic, b. melitensis
Citează acest articol: Avni Robaj, Driton Sylejmani, Naser Ramadani, Frank Melzer, Anne Mayer-Scholl, Sascha Al-Dahouk, Karsten Noeckler, Afrim Hamidi. BRUCELLOSIS IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN KOSOVO. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Agriculture & Food 1, 70-73 (2013). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1002964/
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