Seroprevalence of camel brucellosis (Camelus dromedarius) in Somaliland

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1779-1786

  Ghanem, Yasser M ^a,c   El Khodery, Sabry A ^b   Saad, Ashraf A ^c   Abdelkader, Ahemd H ^d   Heybe, Ahemd ^d   Musse, Yasin A ^e  

^a Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c Laboratory of the Gulf Veterinary International Quarantine Management Company   (Mali)

^d Ministry of Livestock and Animal Health   (Mali)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Camel brucellosis; I ELISA; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Somaliland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BRUCELLA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL; DJIBOUTI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; DJIBOUTI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75349090424     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9377-9     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Abalos, P., Daffner, J., Pinochet, L., 2000. Evaluation of three Brucella soluble antigens used in an indirect ELISA to discriminate S19 vaccinated from naturally infected cattle. Veterinary Microbiology, 71, 161-167. doi: 10. 1016/S0378-1135(99)00141-8.
2. Abbas, B., Agab, H., 2002. A review of camel brucellosis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 55, 47-56. doi: 10. 1016/S0167-5877(02)00055-7.
3. Agab, H., Abbas, B., El-Jakack, H., Mamon, I. E., 1994. Firist report on the isolation of Brucella abortus biovar 3 from camel (camelus dromedaries) in Sudan. Revue d Elevage et de Medicine veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 47, 361-363.
4. Al-Majali, A. M., 2005. Seroepidemiology of caprine brucellosis in Jordan. Small Ruminant Research, 58, 13-18. doi: 10. 1016/j. smallrumres. 2004. 07. 013.
5. Al-Majali, A. M., Al-Qudah, K. M., Al-Tarazi, Y. H., Al-Rawashdeh, O. F., 2008. Risk factors associated with camel brucellosis in Jordan. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 40, 193-200. doi: 10. 1007/s11250-007-9080-7.
6. Al-Talafhah, A. H., Lafi, S. Q., Al-Tarazi, Y., 2003. Epidemiology of ovine brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Northern Jordan. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 60, 297-306. doi: 10. 1016/S0167-5877(03)00127-2.
7. Anon, 1982. Annual Report of the Veterinary Laboratory Kisimayo. Somali Democratic Republic. Ministry of Livestock, Forestry and Range.
8. Barroso, G. P., Rodriguez, C. P. R., Extremera, B. G., Maldonado, M. A., Huertas, G. G., Salguero, M. A., 2002. Study of 1, 595 brucellosis cases in the Almeria province (1972-1998) based on epidemiological data from disease reporting. Revista Clinica Espaola, 202, 577-582.
9. Baumann, M. P., Zessin, K. H., 1992. Productivity and health of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Somalia: Associations with trypanosomosis and brucellosis. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 24, 145-56. doi: 10. 1007/BF02359606.
10. Baumann, M. p. O., Nuux, H. A., Zessin, K. H., 1990. Livestock disease survey central rangeland of Somalia. Technical Report. Vol. III. Herd demographic and disease survey data from herds of camels. CRDP-Veterinary Component, Mogadishu, Somalia.
11. El-Boshy, M., Abbas, H., El-Khodery, S. A., Osman, S. A., 2009. Cytokine response and clinicopathological findings in Brucella infected camels (Camelus dromedarius). Veterinarni Medicina, 54, 25-32.
12. Geering, W. A., Forman, J. A., Nunn, M. J., 1995. Exotic Diseases of Animals. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia, pp 301-306.
13. Guarino, A., Fusco, G., Di Matteo, A., Urbani, G., Condoleo, R., Serpe, L., Tittarelli, M., Di Ventura, M., Gallo, P., 2001. Indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of brucellosis in water buffaloes (Bubalis bubalis) in Italy. Veterinary Record, 149, 88-90.
14. Jacques, I., Olivier-Bernardin, V., Dubray, G., 1998. Efficacy of ELISA compared to conventional tests (RBPT and CFT) for diagnosis of Brucella melitensis infection in sheep. Veterinary Microbiology, 64, 61-73. doi: 10. 1016/S0378-1135(98)00250-8.
15. Khorasgani, M. R., Bokaie, S., Moallemzadeh, S. A., Salehi, T. Z., 2006. A note on serological survey of camel brucellosis in Qum Province, Iran. Journal of Camel Practice and Research, 13, 51-52.
16. Marín, C. M., Alonso-Urmeneta, B., Moriyón, I., Pérez-Gómez, S., Blasco, J. M., 1998. Comparison of polyclonal, monoclonal and Protein G peroxidase conjugates in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Brucella ovis in sheep. Veterinary Record, 143, 390-394.
17. Marín, C., Moreno, E., Moriyón, I., Diáz, R., Blasco, J. M., 1999. Performance of competitive and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, gel immunoprecipitation with native hapten polysaccharide and standard serological tests in diagnosis of sheep brucellosis. Clinical and Diagnostic laboratory, 6, 269-272.
18. McGrane, J. J., Higgins, A. J., 1986. The camel in health and Disease(Ed). Bailliere Tindal, London, UK. pp99.
19. Muma, J. B., Lund, A., Nielsen, K., Matope, G., Munyeme, M., Mwacalimba, K., Skjerve, E., 2008. Effectiveness of Rose Bengal test and fluorescence polarization assay in the diagnosis of Brucella spp. infectionsin free range cattle reared in endemic areas in Zambia. Tropical Animal Health and Production (DOI 10. 1007/s11250-008-9244-0).
20. Musa, M. T., Shigidi, T. A., 2001. Brucellosis in camels in intensive Animal breeding areas of Sudan. Implication in abortion and early-life infections. Revue d Elevage et de Medicine veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 54, 11-15.
21. Odbileg, R., Purevtseren, B., Gantsetseg, D., Boldbaatar, B., Buyannemekh, T., Galmandakh, Z., Erdenebaatar, J., Konnai, S., Onuma, M., Ohashi, K., 2008. Cytokine responses in camels (Camelus bactrianus) vaccinated with Brucella abortus strain 19 vaccine. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 70, 197-201. doi: 10. 1292/jvms. 70. 197.
22. Radostits, O. M., Gay, C. C., Hinchcliff, K. W., Constable, P. D., 2007. Brucellosis caused by Brucella abortus. In: Veterinary Medicine. 10th edn., Elsevier Saunders, London, UK.
23. Radwan, A. I., Bekairi, S. J., Prasad, P. V. S., 1992. Serological and bacteriological study of brucellosis in camels in central Saudi Arabia. Revue Scientifique et Technique, OIE, 11, 837-844. http://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pubmed/1472730.
24. Radwan, A. I., Bekairi, S. I., Mukayel, A. A., Al-Bokmy, A. M., Prasad, P. V. S., Azar, F. N., Coloyan, E. R., 1995. Control of Brucella melitensis infection in a large camel herd in Saudi Arabia using antibiotherapy and vaccination with Rev. 1 vaccine. Revue Scientifique et technique, 14, 719-732.
25. Refai, M., 2002. Incidence and control of brucellosis in the Near East region. Veterinary Microbiology, 90, 81-110. doi: 10. 1016/S0378-1135(02)00248-1.
26. Samartino, L., Gall, D., Gregoret, R., Nielsen, K., 1999. Validation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis, Veterinary Microbiology, 70, 193-200. doi: 10. 1016/S0378-1135(99)00122-4.
27. Schelling, E., Diguimbaye, C., Daoud, S., Nicolet, J., Boerlin, P., Tanner, M., Zinsstag, J., 2003. Brucellosis and Q-fever seroprevalences of nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in Chad. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 61, 279-293. doi: 10. 1016/j. prevetmed. 2003. 08. 004.
28. Stemshorn, P. W., Forbes, L. B., Fagiesome, M. D., Nielsen, K. H., Robertson, F. J., Sammagh, B. S., 1985. A comparison of standard serological tests for diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in Canada. Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine, 49, 391-394.
29. Teshome, H., Molla, B., Tibbo, M., 2003. A seroprevalence study of camel brucellosis in three camel-rearing regions of Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 35, 381-390. doi: 10. 1023/A: 1025874310261.
30. Yagoub, I. A., Mohamed, A. A., Salim, M. O., 1990. Serological survey of Brucella abortus antibody prevalence in the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) from eastern Sudan. Revue d Elevage et de Medicine veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 43, 167-71.