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    Sero-epidemiological Study of Brucellosis in Camels (Camelus Dromedarius) in Borena Lowland Pastoral Areas Southern Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2004-06) Megersa, Bekele; Molla, Bayleyegn phD
    Across-sectinnal study was conducted from August 2003 to January 2004. to determine the prevalence of Brucella species in camels and to identify risk factors for brucellosis infection in camels (Camelus dromedarius) in tow districts of Borena lowland. A total of 3218 camels in 250 herds were included in the study form Liben (2232) and Yabello (986 animals) districts of these 78.6% (2528 out of 3218 ) and 21.4% (690 out of 3218) were femals and male camels,respectively. The herd size ranged form 3 to 42 animals with mean herd size of 13.6-7.8 A total of 3218 blood samples were collected. All serum samples were initially sereened by RBPT.All RBPT positive reactors were further tested by CFT for confirmation. CFT confirmed 58 seropositive cases out of 72 RBPT reactors.