Türkiye’nin Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’nde Boğaların Brusellozisi Üzerine Serolojik Araştırma ve Kullanılan Testlerin Karşılaştırılması

The goal of this study was to use Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT), Serum Agglutination Test (SAT) and Complement Fixation Test (CFT) to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in bulls raised in Turkey’s Northeast Anatolian Region (the provinces of Kars, Ardahan and Iğdır), where bovine brucellosis is endemic and compare these tests. The study material consisted of blood samples from bulls raised on cattle farms operated by families using extensive farming methods in the provinces of Kars, Ardahan and Iğdır, where animals exhibited no clinical symptoms of disease. This is the first study to use sampling to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in bulls. Of 227 bulls that were evaluated in the study, 21 (9.25%) were found positive for RBPT, 19 (8.37%) were positive for SAT and 20 (8.81%) were positive for CFT. In animals, venereal transmission that is thought to play the least role in transmission of disease considering founction of nonspecific barrier of vagina to infection is an issue that should be taken into consideration besides ingestion of infected tissues or body fluids, contact with mucous membranes, direct inoculation, and fomites that are the most common ways in transmission of bovine brucellosis.