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Diagnostic studies on caprine brucellosis at Assiut GovernorateByEl-Allawy, T.A, Laila, S. Ahmed, AbdEl-Kader, H.A., Mohamed, K.A.S. and Abdel-rady, A.Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
ABSTRACTA total of 2024 blood serum samples of goats were collected from different localities of Assiut Governorate and screened by RBPT and BAPAT Positive samples to RBPT and / or BAPAT were further tested by (TATa), (TATm), MET, Riv. T and CFT. 19 samples out of 2024 samples were diagnosed as true positive with an overall incidence rate of 0.94%. The incidence rates of the different localities were 1.8%, 1.55%, 1.85%, 1.13% and 1.53% in Assiut, Sahel-Saliem, Sedfa, El-Qusseia and Dairout respectively. The highest incidence was recorded in Sedfa (1.85%) while the lowest in El-Qusseia (1.13%). No positive results were detected in El-Fateh, Abnoub, El-Badary, Abo-Teeg, El-Ghanaiem and Manfalut.The efficiency percentages were 100%, 100%, 96%, 96%, 100%, 99.6% and 100% for RBPT, BAPAT, (TATa), (TATm), MET, Riv.T and CFT respectively.
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rates of different serological tests with the CFT were 100%,
100%, 96%, 96%, 100% and 99.6% for RBPT, BAPAT, TATa, TATm, MET
and Riv.T respectively. A total of 293 milk samples were also
collected from lactating goats in different localities and
subjected to the Milk Ring Test (MRT). 2 samples only were
positive with a percentage of 0.68%. The results of serum tests
of these 2 samples were as follows, one was positive in all
tests and the other one was positive in RBPT, BAPAT, MET, Riv.T
and CFT and negative in TATa and TATm.
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