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Title
Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of **Brucella** strains isolated from cattle in the Gambia
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Abstract
Thirty-five serum samples and six hygroma fluid samples were collected from sexually mature cattle in one herd with clinical signs of brucellosis (abortion and hygromas) in the Western Region of the Gambia in order to isolate and characterise Brucella species. Information on the sex, age, number of calvings, number of abortions, presence of hygromas, and presence of orchitis was also collected for each animal sampled. Twenty-six (74 per cent) of the serum samples were positive in the rose bengal test and 29 (83 per cent) were positive by indirect ELISA. Three isolates of Brucella, biotyped as Brucella abortus biovar 3, were cultured from six hygroma fluid samples. The multiple locus variable number tandem repeat analysis assay clustered the isolates as B abortus with the same profile for the three isolates, suggesting a common origin of contamination.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The veterinary record / British Veterinary Association [London] - London, 1888, currens
Publication
London : British Veterinary Association , 2010
ISSN
0042-4900 [print]
2042-7670 [online]
Volume/pages
166 :24 (2010) , p. 753-756
ISI
000279239300017
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UAntwerpen
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