Brucella Abortus in Dog Population: An Underestimated Zoonotic Disease
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 2
Abstract
Brucellosis is an infection that affects different animal species and human. This disease is particularly contagious and cross- species transmission of Brucella spp. can occur. Dogs infection is usually caused for B. canis. However, B. abortus infection, associated with infect-ed cattle, has been reported experimentally and under field conditions and transmission from dog to human is possible. This communication highlights the occurrence of B. abortusinfection in dogs, revealing for the first time, the analysis of a farm dog population in Argen-tina that being infected with B. abortus and emphasize the importance of the zoonotic trans-mission of the diseases in a rural area. In the study reported here, 195 dog sera were ana-lyzed, and 61 of them (31%) were found positive for B. abortus by Buffered Brucella antigen test; 54 dogs (27,7%) were then confirmed seropositive for Slow Agglutination test and 2-mercaptoethanol test, with antibody titer ≥1:100. Examination of case histories showed that all the B. abortus seropositive dogs lived in a proximity with brucellosis seropositive livestock and may have access to aborted fetuses and placentae from infected cattle, or they were house dogs that had close contact with farm dogs. Elimination of infected cattle only may not necessarily eradicate the brucellosis but avoided the contact of dogs from infected cows should prevent the transmission.
Authors and Affiliations
Eduardo Mortola, Graciela S Miceli, Lautaro Perez Meyer
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