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Sero-prevalence of Brucellosis in Bovines at Farms under Different Management Conditions
Rakhshinda Munir (Late), Umer Farooq, Zahida Fatima, Muhammad Afzal, Zubair Anwar and Muhammad Jahangir
Corresponding Author: Zubair Anwar
Submitted: 2011 November, 21
Accepted: 2011 December, 20
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Brucellosis is endemic in Pakistan. Keeping in view the importance of the disease and non
availability of scientific information, a study was designed to carry out the sero-prevalence of brucellosis using
an indirect ELISA and Rose Bengal Precipitation Test (RBPT). Serum samples were collected from three types
of farm categories having different husbandry practices. (1) Government livestock farms located in Punjab
province (2) Privately owned farms located in out skirts of Lahore and (3) Dairy cattle colony (Gawala colony)
located in Lahore. I-ELISA detected sero-conversion in 15.2% buffaloes and 9% cattle, whereas, by using
RBPT it was 8 and 6.5% in buffaloes and cattle, respectively. In cattle, more abortions were recorded at private
farms (17.86%) followed by gawala colonies (11.61%) and government livestock farms (8.92%). Also, I-ELISA
detected sero-conversion against brucellosis in 13.2% female and 1.3% male animals, while by using RBPT
it was 7.9% in female and 1.6% in male animals, respectively.
Key words: Brucellosis, ELISA, gawala, RBPT, sero-prevalence of brucellosis, ,
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Rakhshinda Munir (Late), Umer Farooq, Zahida Fatima, Muhammad Afzal, Zubair Anwar and Muhammad Jahangir, . Sero-prevalence of Brucellosis in Bovines at Farms under Different Management Conditions. British Journal of Dairy Sciences, (3): 35-39.
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