Studies on the Prevalence of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants
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Date
2014
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TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
Brucellosis, a highly infectious, bacterial anthropozoonotic disease of
global significance, is an economically important disease of livestock. The present
study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Brucella spp. infection in
sheep and goats by culture and RBPT and to identify Brucella biovars in sheep
and goats by biochemical tests viz. oxidase, catalase, urease, H2S production,
growth in the presence of thionin and basic fuchsin dye and agglutination with
monospecific A and M antisera. The confirmation and differentiation of species
was carried out by multiplex AMOS – PCR.
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Veterinary Science, Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine