A serological prevalence survey of Brucella abortus in cattle of rural communities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : article
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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| Title | A serological prevalence survey of Brucella abortus in cattle of rural communities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa : article | |
| Creator | Hesterberg, U.W. Bagnall, R. Perrett, K. Bosch, B. Horner, R. Gummow, B | |
| Description | A serological survey of Brucella abortus in cattle originating from communal grazing areas of Kwa Zulu Natal was carried out between March 2001 and December 2003. The survey was designed as a 2-stage survey, considering the diptank as the primary sampling unit. In total 46 025 animals from 446 diptanks of 33 magisterial districts were sampled and tested using the Rose Bengal test and Complement Fixation Test. The apparent prevalence at district level was adjusted for clustering, diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity, and mapped using ArcView version 3.3. The prevalence of brucellosis in communal grazing areas of Kwa-Zulu Natal was found to be 1.45 % (0.84-2.21 %) and varied from 0 to 15.6% between magisterial districts. In 19 of the 33 magisterial districts no serological reactors were observed. A large variation in prevalence was found within diptank areas. Brucellosis was found to be most prevalent in the northeastern area of the province. The findings of the survey are discussed. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2008-05-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v79i1.234 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 79, No 1 (2008); 15-18 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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