Seroprevalence of Camels Listeriosis, Brucellosis and
Toxoplasmosis from Kirkuk Province-Iraq
Mohammed Yawoz 1,
Shaheen E. Jaafar 2,
Firas Alali3* and Cahit Babur4
1Medical Laboratory Technique Department,
College of Health and Medical Technology, Kirkuk, Northern Technical
University, Iraq; 2Therapeutic Nutrition Technique
Department, College of Health and Medical Technology, Kirkuk,
Northern Technical University, Iraq; 3Department
of Veterinary Parasitology/College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Kerbala, Iraq; 4Refik Saydam National
Hygiene Center, Department of Communicable Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
*Corresponding author:
firas.o@uokerbala.edu.iq
Abstract
This study was conducted to
diagnose the seroprevalence of Listeriosis, Brucellosis, and Toxoplasmosis in
camels from Kirkuk
province in Iraq.
Seventy-six serum samples were randomly collected and analyzed from camels
from April to September 2018.
Three serological diagnostic methods were used; Osebold agglutination test (OAT), Serum tube agglutination test (SAT)
and Sabin- Feldman dye test (SFDT). From all serum samples that were collected,
42(55.26%) showed infections with Listeria, Brucella, and Toxoplasma as
following 15(19.7%),
7(9.2%),
and 20(26.3%) respectively. Additionally, the study revealed a
highly significant
relationship between aborted camels and their infection with Brucellosis
and Toxoplasmosis (58.3%). In contrast, infections with these pathogens have no
significant relationship with the sex
and age of the
camels. Risk factors of abortion were related to the high prevalence of
Brucellosis and Toxoplasmosis
in camels' herds. Furthermore, this study found out that the camels in
Kirkuk city might be the source of these infectious agents and disseminated the
diseases to the human through their contaminated dairy products and meat.
To Cite This Article: Yawoz M, Jaafar SE, Alali Fand Babur C, 2021. Seroprevalence of camels listeriosis,
brucellosis and toxoplasmosis from Kirkuk Province, Iraq. Pak Vet J, 41(3):
335-340.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2021.030