seroprevalence of ovine and caprine anti-brucella antibodies in south of kerman province (iran, 2012)

background: brucellosis is one of the most important zoonosis that is prevalent among human and animal. today, a large percentage of animal and human population suffer from its side effects. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of anti-brucella antibodies in flock- and animal-level in districts of south of kerman province. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 herds of 7 districts in the area were selected randomly; 10 samples of sheep and goats in each flock were randomly selected. out of 3000 samples, 2952 samples were examined using rose-bengal test; wright and 2-me tests were done on positive samples. descriptive statistics and logistic regression in stata 11.2 were used to analyze the data. results: the seroprevalence of anti-brucella antibodies in animal- and flock-level was 6.4 and 25.3 percent, respectively. the chance of being infected in sheep was 2.12 times of goats. conclusions: the prevalence of brucella was considerably high in animal- and herd-level in this area. it is necessary to empower iran veterinary organization in financial aspects to control this infection.