1Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwa Vidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
2Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwa Vidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
*Corresponding author: S Shakya; E-mail: shakyadurg@gmail.com
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Brucellosis is a major cause of direct economic losses resulting from clinical disease, abortion, neonatal losses, reduced fertility, decreased milk production, emergency slaughtering of infected animals and treatment costs. It is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Brucella spp. and humans are accidental hosts. A total of 600 sera samples from goats (n=470), sheep (n=30) and in contact human (n=100) were collected from the five districts of Chhattisgarh, India and tested for the presence of anti-brucella antibodies. The overall prevalence of brucellosis in goats and sheep was found 14.00%, 11.20% and 6.66% by RBPT, STAT and I-ELISA respectively. In case of human, 7.00%, 4.00% and 0% sera samples were found positive by RBPT, STAT and I-ELISA respectively. The sero-prevalance was significantly higher in female than in male animals by RBPT, STAT and I-ELISA whereas higher sero-prevalence was recorded in man than in woman by RBPT and STAT. The sero-prevalence of brucellosis was higher in adult animals than young animals. Poor awareness about the disease and lack of vaccination plan for small ruminants pose a serious risk for small ruminants as well as their owners.
Brucella spp., goats, sheep, I-ELISA, Chhattisgarh
