Open AccessDetection of Brucella Antibodies of Sheep in Al-Anbar Province by Using Some Serological Tests
Author(s) -
Ekram Abbas Abood Al-Samarrae
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the iraqi journal of veterinary medicine/al-maǧallaẗ al-ṭibbiyyaẗ al-bayṭariyyaẗ al-’irāqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7409
pISSN - 1609-5693
DOI - 10.30539/iraqijvm.v37i1.316
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , serology , flock , veterinary medicine , brucellosis , direct agglutination test , brucella , biology , zoology , antibody , medicine , immunology
An investigation was carried out to detect anti-Brucella antibodies of sheep in Al-Anbar province by using few serological tests; rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and tube agglutination test (TAT). A total of 754 sheep blood samples (94 Ram and 660 Ewe) were collected randomly distributed in Al-Anbar province from unvaccinated sheep flocks with different ages. A total percentage of infected sheep depending on RBPT was 10.21% with significant differences at (P 3 years (12.78%) in both gender with significant differences at (P<0.05) than lower ages. Out of 77 RBPT positive sera, 38(49.35%) were positive using TAT, there was 14 seropositive with significant differences at (P< 0.01). The study reported that brucellosis was distributed in Al-Anbar province with variable percent (3.26% to 21.27%), as well as emphasized on different epidemiological aspects.