| Reportno. |
AHRI report No.42 |
| Topic |
Diagnosis and Survey of Animal Brucellosis in Taiwan |
| Department |
Animal Health Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Taipei , Taiwan |
| Author |
Sue-Min Huang*, Chen-Sheng Huang, Ching-Hui Kuo, Yi-Shing Wu, Wei-Ming Chang, 1Parn-Hwa Chao
|
| Summary |
The Rose Bengal (RB) test was used as a preliminary screening tool and the complement fixation (CF) test was used as a final confirmation for brucellosis using sera collected from January to December, 2006 in Taiwan . One thousand four hundred and eighty-six, 639 and 165 serum samples were collected from beef and dairy cattle, meat and dairy goats, and quarantined dogs, respectively, from animal hospitals of National Taiwan University and National Ping-Tung University of Science and Technology and 3 serum samples from people collected by Center for Disease Control were submitted to our institute for serologic screening of brucellosis. The results showed that 6.1% (10/165) of quarantined dog's serum samples were tested positive, but the sera from beef and dairy cattle, meat and dairy goats and peoples were tested negative for brucellosis.
|
| Keyword |
Brucellosis, Rose Bengal test, Complement fixation test |
|