Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

PREVALENCE OF CAMEL BRUCELLOSIS AT AL-SHALATEEN AREA

A. El-Sayed, Animal Health Research Institute, Al-Shalateen Provincial Lab
M. El-Diasty, Animal Health Research Institute, Mansoura Provincial Lab.
M. Elbeskawy, Animal Health Research Institute, Mansoura Provincial Lab
M. Zakaria, Internal medicine and Infectious. Disease Dep. Fac. Vet. Med., Mansoura University
E. Younis, Internal medicine and Infectious. Disease Dep. Fac. Vet. Med., Mansoura University

Corresponding Author

El-Sayed, A.

Document Type

Original Article

Subject Areas

Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Brucellosis, camels, Egypt

Abstract

Sera of 801 apparently healthy dromedary camels were collected from Al-Shalateen quarantine and tested by BAPAT, RBPT and there results were confirmed by CFT. The results revealed that the prevalence of camel brucellosis was 12.9%, 11.6% and 11.5% for BAPAT, RBPT and CFT respectively. Also results revealed that seroprevalence was higher in camels younger than 2 years (immature) (13.3%) than mature camels (2-4 years old) (10.6%) and camels at breeding age (older than 4 years) (10.8%). In addition, prevalence on females (19.1%) were higher than males (7.1%). Moreover, Brucella melitensis biovar 3 was isolated from stomach content of aborted camel fetus. Statistical analysis of these results revealed that the apparent prevalence (AP) was estimated as (11.5%) while true prevalence (TP) was estimated as (13.6%) (95%CI: 11.2-16%). There is No significant difference were detected between different age groups while a highly significant difference were detected between season and gender in the frequency of +ve and –ve samples in different tests.

How to Cite This Article

El-Sayed, A.; El-Diasty, M.; Elbeskawy, M.; Zakaria, M.; and Younis, E. (2017) "PREVALENCE OF CAMEL BRUCELLOSIS AT AL-SHALATEEN AREA," Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal: Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 37.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/mvmj.2017.127639