The seroprevalence of brucellosis and molecular characterization of Brucella species circulating in the beef cattle herds in Albania.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Brucellosis is a ubiquitous zoonotic disease globally. It is endemic among bovines, sheep, and goats in Albania. The national control and eradication programs for brucellosis has been applied on sheep and goat farms as well as large dairy cattle farms, i.e., those with more than ten milking cows. The current study aims at estimating the herd and average individual animal prevalence of brucellosis in the national beef cattle herds, the missing information that was essential to propose the most appropriate control measures for this sub-population. Rose Bengal Test (RBT), Fluorescence Polarization Assay (FPA), and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) were used as serological tests and classical bacteriology for isolation. Results were also used to investigate the difference in

SUBMITTER: Fero E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7058276 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature