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Dhand NK, Singh J, Josan HS, Singh BB, Jaswal N, Tiwari HK, Kostoulas P, Khatkar MS, Aulakh RS, Kaur M, Gill JPS. The feasibility and acceptability of various bovine brucellosis control strategies in India. Prev Vet Med 2021; 189:105291. [PMID: 33582551 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bovine brucellosis is a neglected zoonotic disease prevalent in several developing countries including India. It has been successfully controlled in many developed countries by using vaccination in conjunction with extensive surveillance and test-and-cull approaches, but some of these approaches do not suit Indian culture and norms. This study was conducted to investigate the feasibility and social acceptability of various bovine brucellosis control strategies in India. Focus group discussions and key-informant interviews were conducted with veterinarians, para-veterinarians, veterinary academics, farmers and other stakeholders. Vaccination with the Brucella strain 19 vaccine was considered feasible, but the participants were concerned about the risk of self-inoculation, the inability to vaccinate pregnant and male animals, the difficulty to differentiate vaccinated from diseased animals and the challenges of maintaining the vaccine cold chain in India. As expected, the test-and-cull approach was not considered feasible as cattle are considered sacred by Hindus and their slaughter is banned in most states. Although the test-and-segregation approach appears reasonable in theory, it would have low acceptability, if implemented without providing any compensation to farmers. Negligible biosecurity was implemented by farmers: almost no biosecurity procedures were performed for visitors entering a farm, and testing of animals was rarely undertaken before introducing them to a farm. However, the participants considered that improving biosecurity would be more acceptable and feasible than both the test-and-cull and the test-and-segregation approaches. Similarly, inadequate personal protection was used by veterinary personnel for handling parturition, retention of placenta and abortion cases; this was considered as another area of possible improvement. Farmers and veterinarians expressed serious concerns about stray cattle as many of them could potentially be infected with brucellosis, and thus could spread the infection between farms. This study recommends using vaccination and biosecurity along with some ancillary strategies to control brucellosis in India. Information from the study could be used to develop an evidence-based disease control program for the disease in the country.
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- Navneet K Dhand
- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia.
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- School of Public Health and Zoonoses, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, GR 43100, Greece
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Zoonoses, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- School of Public Health and Zoonoses, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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Kalleshamurthy T, Shekar R, Niranjanamurthy HH, Natesan K, Shome BR, Bambal RG, Sairiwal L, Barbuddhe SB, Sahare A, Kilari S, Rahman H, Shome R. Assessment of fluorescence polarization assay: a candid diagnostic tool inBrucella abortusstrain 19 vaccinated areas. Microbiol Immunol 2018; 62:694-701. [DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Triveni Kalleshamurthy
- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
- Centre for Post Graduate Studies; Jain University; Jaya Nagar, 3 block Bengaluru 560041 India
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- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
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- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
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- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
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- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
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- Department of Animal Husbandry; Dairying and Fisheries; Krishi Bhavan New Delhi 110001 India
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- Intervet India; MSD Animal Health; Briahnagar, Off Pune-Nagar Road Wagholi 412207 Pune India
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- Intervet India; MSD Animal Health; Briahnagar, Off Pune-Nagar Road Wagholi 412207 Pune India
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- International Livestock Research Institute; NASC Complex, CG Centre, Pusa New Delhi 110012 India
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- Indian Council Agricultural Research-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics; Ramagondanahalli, Yelahanka Bengaluru 560064 India
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Sousa MG, Salvarani FM, Bomjardim HA, Brito MF, Barbosa JD. Brucellosis in water buffaloes. PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2017000300006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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ABSTRACT: The domestication of water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) originated in India and China and spread throughout the world and represents an important source of food of high biological value. Given the importance and relevance of brucellosis for buffalo production, this article reviews the history, etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical signs, anatomopathological findings, diagnosis and control of the disease, focusing on data from studies on water buffaloes performed in different countries and the Brazilian Amazon biome.
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Sotnikov DV, Byzova NA, Zherdev AV, Eskendirova SZ, Baltin KK, Mukanov KK, Ramankulov EM, Sadykhov EG, Dzantiev BB. Express immunochromatographic detection of antibodies against Brucella abortus in cattle sera based on quantitative photometric registration and modulated cut-off level. J Immunoassay Immunochem 2015; 36:80-90. [PMID: 24579979 DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2014.896266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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An immunochromatographic test system was developed for rapid detection of the levels of specific IgG antibodies to Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide, as a tool for diagnosis of brucellosis in cattle. The pilot test strips were examined using blood sera from sick (78 samples) and healthy (35 samples) cows. The results obtained by immunochromatographic assay, using a portable optical densitometer for digital video detection, correlate well with the results obtained by immunoenzyme assay and are in agreement with the results of the disease diagnosis. The new test system allows detection of antibodies within 10 min and can be proposed as an alternative to the methods available for serodiagnosis of brucellosis.
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- Dmitriy V Sotnikov
- a A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Moscow , Russia
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Sousa MG, Salvarani FM, Bomjardim HA, Fonseca Jr AA, Preis IS, Brito MF, Leite RC, Barbosa JD. Infecção transplacentária e intrauterina por Brucella abortus em búfalos (Bubalus bubalis). PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA 2015. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2015001100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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RESUMO: O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a presença de Brucella abortus e as lesões causadas por esse agente nos anexos fetais e nos fetos de búfalas. Para isso, 20 búfalas em diversos meses de gestação, sorologicamente positivas para brucelose, foram submetidas ao abate sanitário. A idade fetal foi determinada através de exames ultrassonográficos associados à mensuração dos fetos durante a necropsia. Do útero fechado desses animais foram coletadas amostras para histopatologia e qPCR. A partir do segundo mês de gestação foi possível detectar a presença de DNA de B. abortus em líquido amniótico, líquido alantoide e em útero e, a partir do quinto mês, na placenta, coração, baço, rim, pulmão, intestino, fígado e linfonodos dos fetos. Os principais achados anatomopatológicos foram placentite fibrinopurulenta necrótica e endometrite supurativa crônica.
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Herd and individual animal prevalence of bovine brucellosis with associated risk factors on dairy farms in Haryana and Punjab in India. Trop Anim Health Prod 2013; 45:1313-9. [PMID: 23354992 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0362-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Herd and individual animal prevalence along with associated risk factors of bovine brucellosis was assessed on dairy farms located in 22 districts in Haryana and Punjab of India. Examination of 4,580 female animals of 119 dairy farms by Rose Bengal test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed that an overall herd prevalence was 65.54% (78/119) and individual animal prevalence was 26.50 % (1,214/4,580). Herd prevalence in Haryana was 62.79% which was not significantly different (P = 0.4208) from Punjab (72.72%). Individual animal prevalence was 34.15% in Punjab which was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) than Haryana (22.34%). Prevalence of brucellosis on dairy farms was detected in 20 of the 22 districts, of which 12 districts were in Haryana and 8 in Punjab. Risk factors such as species of animals, age of animals, herd size, awareness of dairymen for brucellosis, entry of a purchased animals on the farm, abortion on farm, use of calving pens, type of breeding, and type of farming were analyzed. The study indicated that the odds ratio (OR) was significant with risk factors of species (OR = 1.63; 95 %CI = 1.40-1.90; P < 0.0001), age (OR = 0.22; 95%CI = 0.17-0.29; P < 0.0001), awareness of brucellosis among dairymen (OR = 21.65; 95%CI = 2.63-178.04; P = 0.0042), entry of purchased animal on the farm (OR = 9.16; 95%CI = 2.38-35.18; P = 0.0012), abortion in animals (OR = 5.57; 95%CI = 1.92-16.10; P = 0.0015) and on cow farm (OR = 3.43; 95 %CI = 1.33-8.82; P = 0.0105). While the OR was insignificant (P > 0.05) with risk factors of herd size, use of calving pen on farms, type of breeding and on buffalo and mixed type of farms.
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Byzova NA, Zherdev AV, Eskendirova SZ, Baltin KK, Unysheva GB, Mukanov KK, Ramankulov EM, Dzantiev BB. Development of immunochromatographic test system for rapid detection of the lipopolysaccharide antigen and cells of the causative agent of bovine brucellosis. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683812060026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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