Prevalence of Brucellosis in Horse North-East of Iran

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• 作者：Yahya Tahamtan ; Mohammad Mehdi Namavari ; Gholamreza Mohammadi ; Gholamreza Moazeni Jula
• 关键词：Brucella ; Horse ; Iran
• 刊名：Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：July 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：30
• 期：7
• 页码：376-378
• 全文大小：134 K

文摘

Brucella preferentially infects cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. However, some epidemiological surveys have been carried out to investigate nonruminants, such as horses. Horse brucellosis has been found in clinical cases, but there are few epidemiologic patterns. Between May 2008 and April 2009, a total of 120 horses were screened for brucella infections in Mashhad, Iran, by the rose bengal test and the tube agglutination test. Sera from three horses were found positive by rose bengal test and tube agglutination test, and therefore the prevalence rate was 2.5 % . In horses, the highest individual seroprevalence was in an animal kept close under the intensive system, with other animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats. The zoonotic aspects of brucellosis from the horse must, therefore, be considered because the disease is important from a public health standpoint. The present study documents the first serological evidence of Brucella spp. infection in horses in Iran.