Risk Factors Associated with Prevalence of Bovine Brucellosis in Milk from Tamil Nadu, India
Loading...
Date
2017
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Int. J. Curr. Microbiology and Applied Sciences
Abstract
Brucellosis is a contagious and reproductive disease of animals mainly caused by Brucella
abortus, B. melitensis, B. suis and B. canis. Diagnosis and identification of associated risk
factors in brucellosis is important in devising an effective control strategy. This study is
mainly focused to find out the prevalence and assessment of risk factors in lactating cows
for bovine brucellosis from eleven districts of Tamil Nadu. A total of 483 milk samples
were collected and subjected into Milk Ring Test (MRT) and milk Enzymatic Linked
Immunosorbent Assay (m-ELISA), which revealed that 4.35 and 5.80 per cent of the
samples were found to be positive by MRT and m-ELISA respectively. Various
epidemiological determinants viz., age, breed and clinical history correlation with
prevalence rate were assessed. Crossbred cattle, cattle with more than seven years of age
and aborted history animals have recorded more prevalence of brucellosis. This manuscript
concludes that routine screening, proper diagnosis and correction of identified risk factors
will be more useful in devising appropriate disease control programme from the study
area.
Description
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Veterinary Preventive Medicine