Occurrence of anti-Brucella abortus agglutinins in small ruminants in Sergipe

Predominant Prevalence of Brucella abortus biovar-4 in Small Ruminants in Tamilnadu

Brucellosis being a global zoonotic disease and animal health problem most of the studies has been oriented towards bovine than small ruminants. Hence the present study is conducted to identify the biotype of predominant Brucella spp. in small ruminants for defined control and eradication strategies. The study was carried out by random collection of the vaginal swab, milk, blood samples from th...

Brucella abortus agglutinins in the sera of pregnant women and blood donors.

The incidence of brucellosis in the human population of England and Wales is still not accurately known, although estimates have been made (Wilson, 1932; Dalrymple-Champneys, 1950). Few persons who acquire Br. abortus develop any obvious clinical disease, but the existence of Br. abortus agglutinins in blood sera indicates past exposure to the organism. A survey of human and animal brucellosis ...

Abortion due to Brucella abortus in Sheep in Iran

Detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae in Small Ruminants of Southeast Iran

Agalactia is an infectious and contagious disease of small ruminants caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae (M. agalactiae). Although different microorganism strains contribute to this disease,  M. agalactiae is known as the most prominent causative agent. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the rate of M. agalactiae involvement in contagious agalactia in the southeast region of Iran. Sampling ...

Brucella abortus endocarditis.

T HE purpose of this report is to describe the successful treatment of a case of bacterial endocarditis due to Brucella abortus. As far as I have been able to discover at the date of writing, no successfully treated case of this disease has been reported previously, with the exception of a case of mixed bacterial endocarditis presented in 1954 by Quinn and Brown.' A second case of treated Br. a...