Oscar Madzingira, Gottlieb Aikukutu, Fidelis Kandongo, Francis B Kolo, Siegfried Khaiseb, Georgina Tjipura-Zaire, Juliet N Kabajani, Albertina Musilika-Shilongo, Henriette van Heerden
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis that is endemic in Namibia. This study estimated seroprevalence of brucellosis, and determined the presence of Brucella infection in slaughtered cattle using the genus-specific 16-23S rRNA interspacer PCR (ITS-PCR), and the species-specific AMOS-PCR. Between December 2018 and May 2019, sera ( n = 304), pooled lymph nodes ( n = 304), and individual spleen ( n = 304) were collected from slaughtered cattle from 52 farms. Sera were tested for anti-Brucella antibodies using the Rose Bengal test (RBT), and the complement fixation test (CFT)...
2023: Infection Ecology & Epidemiology