Prevalence of Brucellosis in Cattle in Urmia,
Iran
Hamid Maadi¹*, Mohammad Moharamnejad and Morteza
Haghi1
Department of Microbiology, 1Young
Researchers Club, Azad University
of Urmia, Western
Azerbyjan,
Iran
*Corresponding author:
hamid.maadi@gmail.com
Abstract
This study was carried out to know the prevalence
of brucellosis in Urmia,
Iran. For this
purpose, 338 milk samples were collected from 36 villages in two seasons (spring
and autumn, 2008). In spring, 82 milk samples from 11 villages and in autumn,
256 milk samples from 25 villages were collected randomly. These samples were
examined for Brucella abortus
antibodies with milk ring test. From 82 milk samples collected during spring, 1
(1.22%) showed positive and 81 (98.78%) showed negative reaction. From 256 milk
samples collected during autumn, 3 (1.17%) showed positive and 253(98.83%)
showed negative reaction. It was concluded from the results that prevalence of
brucellosis in cattle was low in
this region.
Key words:
Brucellosis,
Cattle, Iran, Milk ring test, Prevalence