Milk Ring Test for spot identification of Brucella abortus infection in single cow herds

Authors

  • Najibullah Mohamand Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
  • Lakshmanasami Gunaseelan Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
  • Bharathy Sukumar Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
  • Kannan Porteen Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai

Keywords:

Brucellosis, cows, diagnosis, milk ring test, zoonosis

Abstract

In this study, milk samples were collected from 109 dairy cows to detect antibodies against Brucella (B.) using Milk Ring Test (MRT). Overall, 18.35% (n=20/109) of the milk samples were positive by MRT. The cows were divided into three groups based on lactation number viz., 1st, 2nd to 4th and ?5th lactations; the prevalence of brucellosis in the groups were found to be 0.92% (n=1/109), 15.60% (n=17/109) and 1.83% (n=2/109), respectively. Considering simplicity and cost effectiveness, the MRT can be used for the preliminary screening of B. abortus infection especially in single cow herds.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/javar.2014.a8

J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 1(2): 70-72, June 2014

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2014-06-02

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Milk Ring Test for spot identification of Brucella abortus infection in single cow herds. (2014). Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 1(2), 70-72. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/19045

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014)

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Short Communications

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Milk Ring Test for spot identification of Brucella abortus infection in single cow herds. (2014). Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 1(2), 70-72. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/19045