Prevalence and Risk factor of Brucellosis in Camels in North Kordofan State, Western Sudan

Abstract

Brucellosis is a contagiouszoonotic disease and important disease of animals worldwide (OIE, 2000). The disease causes a decrease in reproductive efficacy and an increased abortion rate in animals.The disease is transmitted from animals to humans by ingestion of infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of infected aerosols. It is widely distributed in developing countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of brucellosis in camel in North kordofan State. A total of 230 blood for serum samples were collected from camels, from December2019 to March 2020 at north Kordofan state.The Rose Bengal Plate Test and Buffered Acidified Plate Antigen were used to detect brucellosis infection, the infected camels were 51 of 230 (22.2%) and 33 of 230 (14.8%) respectively. The breed was the significant risk factor associatedwith the disease (X2=10.557: p-value= 0.001). The prevalence of brucellosis was 18.3% in Sheikan, 17.6 in Bara and 9.5% in Umkredem. The prevalence of the disease 18.7% in males and 10.3% infemale. The prevalence of the disease15.3% in adult and 14.3% in old and young. Prevalence of the disease 18.3% in good body condition animal and 13.7% inmoderate and 4.2% in poor. It could be concluded that this study provided necessaryinformation about prevalence and risk factors of the disease in thestudy area which help the decision makers to formulate control measures ofdisease