Determination of sero-prevalence of brucellosis in sheep (Ovis aries) in Bikaner district of Rajasthan

Abstract

Brucellosis occurs worldwide in domestic animals such as cattle (B. abortus), sheep (B. ovis), sheep and goats (B. melitensis), dogs (B. canis), pigs (B. suis), desert wood rats (B. neotomae) and camel due to B. abortus. In view of the epidemiology of Brucellosis in India the topic on the prevalence of this disease in the sheep population of Bikaner District of Rajasthan state was carried out. Age-wise and Sex-wise prevalence of Brucellosis carried out along with the overall prevalence of the disease using Indigenous ELISA. A total number of 100 sheep sera samples were screened. The age-wise prevalence was detected as 06.25 percent in less than 6-month age group, 13.15 percent in 6-12 months age group and 19.56 percent in more than 12 months age group. Sex-wise sero-prevalence was detected as 06 percent and 09 percent in male and female sheep respectively. An overall seroprevalence of Brucellosis was found to be 15 percent. The current findings revealed that Brucellosis infections is more prevalent in Bikaner District of Rajasthan.