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Volume 15 (3): 297-304, 2011. Redacted 2017.

Sero-prevalence of brucellosis in goats from public and private livestock farms in Pakistan.

 

Muhammad Arshada, Mudassar Munirb, Hafiz Javed Iqbal Khanb, Rao Zahid Abbasc, Muhammad Hidayat Rasoold*, Khalil-ur-Rahmane, Nazia Khalilf

 

 bDepartment of Livestock and Dairy Development, Punjab. aInstitute of Microbiology and, cDepartment of Parasitology and  eBiochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.  d*College of Pharmacy and  fDepartment of Zoology, GC University, Faisalabad-38040-Pakistan

 

ABSTRACT

 

Arshad M, Munir M, Iqbal Khan HJ, Abbas RZ, Rasool MH, ur-Rahman K, Khalil N., Sero-prevalence of brucellosis in goats from public and private livestock farms in Pakistan, Online J Vet Res, 15 (3): 297-304, 2011. A total of 500 goats of four breeds i.e. Teddy (n=190), Pak Angora (53), Beetal (n=230) and Daira Din Panah (27) were selected from public livestock farms through stratified random sampling and 1127 and 1236 goats were selected by the cluster random sampling method from livestock farmers in the villages of Tehsil Mian Channu and Tehsil Samundri, respectively. Serum samples were collected from all selected animals and initially screened for brucellosis through Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT). The positive samples were subjected to Standard Tube Agglutination Test (STAT) for detection of antibodies against brucellosis. Animals found positive through STAT were declared as positive reactors. Sero-prevalence of brucellosis was found to be 9.8 % at public livestock farm whereas it was recorded as 2.48% and 2.43% in Tehsil Mian Channu and Samundri, respectively. Breed-based sero-prevalence at public livestock farm was the highest in Teddy (14.21%) followed by Pak Angora (13.2%), Beetal (6.0%) and Daira Din Panah (3.7%) (p< 0.05). The age wise sero-prevalence was maximum in the goats of more than 48 months age and minimum in goats of up to 12 months age (p< 0.05). Although higher sex based sero-prevalence was recorded in females than in males but the difference was non-significant. The goats with the history of abortion had significantly higher prevalence of brucellosis (p< 0.05).

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Key words: Sero-prevalence; Brucellosis; Goats; Rose Bengal Plate Test; Standard Tube Agglutination Test

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