Isolation of Brucella melitensis strains from Syrian bovine milk samples

Isolation of Brucella Melitensis Strains from Syrian Bovine Milk Samples

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease that still constitutes a major public health problem in Syria. In the current study, Brucella has been isolated from cow milk samples and typed by both molecular and conventional techniques. Over a 6-year period (2002–2007) 2372 milk samples were collected from Syrian cow herds. The milk ring test (MRT) was performed where 57% of samples were found to...

Detection of Brucella melitensis in bovine milk and milk products from apparently healthy animals in Egypt by real-time PCR.

INTRODUCTION Brucellosis in Egypt is an endemic disease among animals and humans. In endemic developing countries, dairy products produced from untreated milk are a potential threat to public health. The aim of this study was to detect brucellae in milk and milk products produced from apparently healthy animals to estimate the prevalence of contamination. METHODOLOGY Two hundred and fifteen u...

Isolation, cloning and expression of the Brucella melitensis Omp31 gene

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans either from animals or from their products.Although brucellosis can be found worldwide, the Mediterranean Basin, South and Central America, EasternEurope, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East have currently been listed as high-risk regions. Thegenus Brucella is classified in at least nine species. Brucella melitensis is the glo...

The occurrence of dissociated strains of Brucella melitensis in the milk of goats in Malta.

In the routine typing of Br. melitensis isolated from goats' milk in Malta, it was found that I I of 46 strains gave entirely negative reactions to agglutination tests in which both mono-specific Br. abortus a nd mono-specific Br. melitensis sera were used: in all other respects these strains appeared to be typical Br. melitensis. All the strains were isolated on albimi agar containing antibiot...

Comparison of various serological tests on the milk of sheep in relation to the isolation of Brucella melitensis