Introduction Brucellosis is a neglected zoonosis of public health importance. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis among slaughtered cattle as well as challenges to the protection of abattoir workers in Nigeria. Methods A slaughterhouse study was conducted in a major abattoir in Ibadan from March to August, 2013. To diagnose brucellosis, serum s...

A study was carried out in Arsi-Negele District of Southern Ethiopia to estimate the prevalence of brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis in livestock and to identify risk behaviours that would facilitate the transmission of zoonoses to humans. The study involved testing some 400 cattle, 200 sheep and 170 goats for tuberculosis and brucellosis and interviewing 98 livestock keepers. Single comparat...

Brucellosis is an emerging zoonosis and an economically important infectious disease of livestock with worldwide distribution [14]. The disease is manifested by abortion and infertility and caused by Brucella spp. which are Gramnegative, facultative intracellular bacteria. Six species in the genus of Brucella are currently recognized on the basis of the phenotypic characteristics, antigenic pro...

Brucellosis is endemic in Bangladesh both in humans and in animals. A number of reasons complicate the diagnosis, as bovine brucellosis can be diagnosed by various serological tests. But the tests have a limitation; when the organism remains intracellular, the disease goes into chronic stage and the antibody titres may decline. The present study was conducted for isolation and detection of Bruc...

The rate of spread of bovine brucellosis was investigated in buffalo and Jersey cattle herds maintained at a Livestock Research station in Pakistan. Reactor animals (identified by conventional serological tests) were either retained or culled because of advanced age or poor productivity. Reactors were housed, managed and fed separately from the rest of the herds. The initial seroprevalence of b...

Bovine brucellosis is a zoonotic disease distributed worldwide and characterized by abortion and reducedfertility in cows. Since brucellosis eradication programme in Iran uses vaccination, test, slaughter andquarantine as control measures, it is essential to distinguish vaccine strains from strains that cause infectionsamong vaccinated cattle herds. We developed and evaluated a multiplex polyme...

Bovine brucellosis, typically caused by Brucella abortus, has been eradicated from much of the developed world. However, the disease remains prevalent in southern Italy, persisting as a public and livestock health concern. We report here the whole-genome sequences of 11 isolates from cattle (Bos taurus) and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) that are representative of the current genetic diversity...