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First Serodiagnosis of Brucella ovis among rams with orchid-epididymitis in Mosul city, Iraq.

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Brucella ovis is an infectious cause of ovine contagious epididymitis in sexually mature rams, resulting in orchid-epididymitis leading to major economic losses for the sheep industry worldwide .For serodetection of anti Brucella ovis antibodies among sexually mature rams with orchid-epididymitis by using commercial indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays ( I-ELISA; IDEXX B. ovis Ab Test kit ; Idexx Montpellier, France).During the period from September 2017 to the September 2018, a 200 sera were collected from 42 commercial flocks in Mosul city, Iraq.Epididymides and testes were examined by palpation on farms. The results of the study revealed that, the seropositive animals for B. ovis infection was (12 \ 250) 4.8 % . In this study, the percentage of negative samples were higher than the positive samples .This is the first study of serodiagnosis of ovine contagious epididymitis in Mosul city, Iraq. The study provided important information for authorities to planning the control and eradication program.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2019.6540.1055

Keywords

Brucella ovis, ram, Indirect ELISA, orchid-epididymitis, serodiagnosis

Authors

First Name

Maab

Last Name

Al-Farwachi

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Department of internal and preventive medicine ,college of veterinary medicine,University of Mosul

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maabalfrwche@yahoo.com

City

Mosul

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0000-0002-2288-6274

First Name

Omer

Last Name

AL-Hankawi

MiddleName

Khazal

Affiliation

internal and preventive medicine,College of veterinar medicine,University of Mosul

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khazaalvet79@yahoo.com

City

Mosul

Orcid

0000-0002-2220-8625

First Name

Osamah

Last Name

Al-Iraqi

MiddleName

Muafik

Affiliation

internal and preventive medicine,College of veterinary medicine,University of Mosul

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osamah@yahoo.com

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Mosul

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50

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1

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4435

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2019-06-01

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2018-12-06

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2019-06-01

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13

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16

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1110-0222

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2357-089X

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140

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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First Serodiagnosis of Brucella ovis among rams with orchid-epididymitis in Mosul city, Iraq.

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22 Jan 2023