Dogs as potential mechanical vector of transmission of Brucella. Spp., in dairy cattle in the sierra of Ecuador

Abstract:

In 2008 a study in cattle farms in Ecuador was set up to determine whether dogs harboured strains of Brucella spp., endemic at the region. Serum samples from dogs (n= 151) living on farms (n= 34) in Mejia canton in Pichincha province, Ecuador, were tested for antibodies against smooth Brucella Spp., by three immunodiagnostic assays. Highly positive dogs (n= 5) were euthanized in order to cultured samples of lymph nodes and organs. From a dairy farm with positive dogs, sera from cows (n= 93) were analysed by two immunodiagnostic assays and milk samples from seropositive cows (n= 7) were cultured. In addition, isolates were investigated by PCR-711.

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2011

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