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Detection of Brucella antibodies in selected wild animals and avian species in Pakistan
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Animal Research.
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Agricultural Research Communication Center, 2018.
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Abstract
- Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which affects humans, farm animals and wildlife as well. In Pakistan, the status of human and farm animal brucellosis is documented but the information about brucellosis in wildlife is lacking. To access the seroprevalence of Brucella antibodies in avian (turkeys, peafowl, guineafowl, mallard ducks and Indian blue rock pigeon) and selected wild species (reptiles and amphibians), a total of 117 serum samples (reptile = 34, amphibian = 04, avian n = 79) were collected from Karachi and Pattoki regions of Pakistan. Serum samples were screened for Brucella antibodies using Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and11.1% serum samples were found positive. Overall, 2.5% birds, 29.4% reptiles and 25% amphibians were seropositive for Brucella antibodies. This is first report of detection of Brucella antibodies in reptiles and amphibians in Pakistan.
- Subjects :
- Amphibian
Veterinary medicine
animal structures
General Veterinary
biology
040301 veterinary sciences
biology.animal_breed
Wildlife
Brucellosis
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Brucella
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
biology.animal
biology.protein
medicine
Mallard ducks
Seroprevalence
Animal Science and Zoology
030212 general & internal medicine
Antibody
Guineafowl
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09760555 and 03676722
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Animal Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7b37d2eed184dd915d201b20e60c4b09