Tag: brucellosis

Sero-Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants in Selected Districts of South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Brucellosis - Preventive measures reduce transmission risks

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal.   A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2023 to November 2023 to estimate the seroprevalence and identify risk factors for brucellosis in small ruminants. A total of 559 blood samples were collected from sheep and goats across 186 flocks. Sera were harvested and screened with rose Bengal […]

Construction and Evaluation of the Brucella Double Gene Knock-out Vaccine Strain MB6 bp26wboA (RM6)

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Brucellosis is a serious zoonotic infection worldwide. To date, vaccination is the most effective measure against brucellosis. This study was aimed at obtaining a vaccine strain that has high protective efficacy and low toxicity, and allows vaccination to be differentiated from infection. Using homologous recombination, the authors […]

Bovine Brucellosis and Its Public Health Significance in Ethiopia

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Bovine brucellosis is endemic and widely distributed in Ethiopia. The country has already prioritized top five zoonotic diseases (rabies, anthrax, brucellosis, Rift Valley fever and highly pathogenic avian influenza) in 2019 using reprioritization workshop. So brucellosis is one of the top five neglected zoonotic diseases in the […]