A preliminary study on brucellosis on camels at Behira Province

Abstract EN

In this study766 blood samples were collected, 679 from camels before slaughtering and 87 samples from contact camels with farm animals.

The different serological tests indicated percentages of seroreactors in Rose Bengal test, Buffered acidified plate test, Tube agglutination test, Mercaptoethanol test, Rivanol test, and Enzyme immunosorbant assay test were, 8.74, 9.53, 9.92, 8.09, 8.87, and 9.26 % respectively.

The high incidence according the number tested may be due to many factors such as: 1-Escaping of some imported positive reactors during quarantine measures, 2-Lacking of a national program for eradication including periodical testing and slaughtering of reactors.

3-Absence of a vaccination program for camels according to Egyptian field strains and which proved with imported camels.

At the same time this study throw a strong light on that camels should be included in the national program for control and eradication of brucellosis in Egypt, especially, this disease could be transmitted from animals or their products to human.