Isolation of Brucella melitensis from aborting ruminants in Jordan. |
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Authors: | F M Aldomy K L Jahans Y H Altarazi |
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Affiliation: | Animal Health Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Amman, Jordan. |
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Abstract: | Thirty-four isolates (16.5 per cent) of Brucella melitensis were cultured from 206 samples from aborted, still-born or weak full-term animals and vaginal swabs from aborted animals. Twenty-six of 31 isolates from sheep were B. melitensis biovar 3. Two isolates were biovar 1 and one of these was the vaccine strain Rev 1. The three remaining isolates were from vaginal swabs and were not biotyped since B. melitensis biovar 3 had been isolated from the aborted fetuses. One of two isolates from cattle and one isolate from a goat were biovar 1. The remaining cattle isolate was biovar 3. |
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