PREVALENCE OF CAMEL BRUCELLOSIS AT AL-SHALATEEN AREA | ||||
| Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 38, Volume 18, Issue 1, June 2017, Page 33-44 PDF (607.03 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mvmj.2017.127639 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. M El-Sayed* 1; M. M. El-Diasty2; M. A. Elbeskawy3; M. Zakaria4; E. E. Younis4 | ||||
| 1Animal Health Research Institute, Al-Shalateen Provincial Lab | ||||
| 2Animal Health Research Institute, Mansoura Provincial Lab. | ||||
| 3Animal Health Research Institute, Mansoura Provincial Lab | ||||
| 4Internal medicine and Infectious. Disease Dep. Fac. Vet. Med., Mansoura University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Sera of 801 apparently healthy dromedary camels were collected from Al-Shalateen quarantine and tested by BAPAT, RBPT and there results were confirmed by CFT. The results revealed that the prevalence of camel brucellosis was 12.9%, 11.6% and 11.5% for BAPAT, RBPT and CFT respectively. Also results revealed that seroprevalence was higher in camels younger than 2 years (immature) (13.3%) than mature camels (2-4 years old) (10.6%) and camels at breeding age (older than 4 years) (10.8%). In addition, prevalence on females (19.1%) were higher than males (7.1%). Moreover, Brucella melitensis biovar 3 was isolated from stomach content of aborted camel fetus. Statistical analysis of these results revealed that the apparent prevalence (AP) was estimated as (11.5%) while true prevalence (TP) was estimated as (13.6%) (95%CI: 11.2-16%). There is No significant difference were detected between different age groups while a highly significant difference were detected between season and gender in the frequency of +ve and –ve samples in different tests. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Brucellosis; camels; Egypt | ||||
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