Infection of cattle in Kenya with Brucella abortus biovar 3 and Brucella melitensis biovar 1 genotypes

Esther N. Muendo; Peter M. Mbatha; Joseph Macharia; Theresia H. Abdoel; Paul V. Janszen; Rob Pastoor; Henk L. Smits

doi:10.1007/s11250-011-9899-9

Infection of cattle in Kenya with Brucella abortus biovar 3 and Brucella melitensis biovar 1 genotypes

Esther N. Muendo
, Peter M. Mbatha
, Joseph Macharia
, Theresia H. Abdoel
, Paul V. Janszen
, Rob Pastoor
, Henk L. Smits

Central Veterinary Laboratory
Royal Tropical Institute

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Brucella melitensis biovar 1 was isolated from bovine milk samples from a herd in central Kenya, and Brucella abortus biovar 3 was isolated from aborted fetus materials and vaginal discharge fluids from cattle in central and eastern provinces of Kenya. All infections including those with B. melitensis were in cattle with reproductive problems kept in mixed herds indicating that cross infection occurs from small ruminants. Multiple-locus variablenumber tandem repeat analysis genotyping revealed a close molecular homology of the B. melitensis isolates with an isolate from Israel and a close homology of the B. abortus isolates with an isolate from Uganda indicating that these genotypes have a wide geographic distribution. Infection of cattle with B. melitensis may complicate the control of brucellosis in this country. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-20
Journal	Tropical animal health and production
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-011-9899-9
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Infection of cattle in Kenya with Brucella abortus biovar 3 and Brucella melitensis biovar 1 genotypes

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