Serologic Prevalence of Brucellosis in Horse Stables in Two Northern States of Nigeria

Despite the endemicity of brucellosis in Nigeria, reports on equine brucellosis are rare. The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) was used to determine the serologic prevalence of Brucella abortus antibodies amongst 75 horses from three stables in two States of northern Nigeria. The highest prevalence (22...

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Autores principales: EHIZIBOLO, David O., GUSI, Amahyel M., EHIZIBOLO, Peter O., MBUK, Elsie U., OCHOLI, Reuben A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24833983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.22.17
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description Despite the endemicity of brucellosis in Nigeria, reports on equine brucellosis are rare. The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) was used to determine the serologic prevalence of Brucella abortus antibodies amongst 75 horses from three stables in two States of northern Nigeria. The highest prevalence (22.7%) was recorded in stable C located in Plateau State and the lowest (6.7%) was found in stable B in Kaduna State. The overall prevalence determined was 14.7%. There is need for the inclusion of horses in brucellosis surveillance and control strategies in Nigeria to safeguard people at high risk.
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spelling pubmed-40139962014-05-15 Serologic Prevalence of Brucellosis in Horse Stables in Two Northern States of Nigeria EHIZIBOLO, David O. GUSI, Amahyel M. EHIZIBOLO, Peter O. MBUK, Elsie U. OCHOLI, Reuben A. J Equine Sci Original Article Despite the endemicity of brucellosis in Nigeria, reports on equine brucellosis are rare. The Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) was used to determine the serologic prevalence of Brucella abortus antibodies amongst 75 horses from three stables in two States of northern Nigeria. The highest prevalence (22.7%) was recorded in stable C located in Plateau State and the lowest (6.7%) was found in stable B in Kaduna State. The overall prevalence determined was 14.7%. There is need for the inclusion of horses in brucellosis surveillance and control strategies in Nigeria to safeguard people at high risk. The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2011-04-26 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC4013996/ /pubmed/24833983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.22.17 Text en 2011 The Japanese Society of Equine Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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