Abstract:
In the Sudan sheep are very important source for meat, milk, export and source of wealth for the foreign currency. Sheep brucellosis impairs fertility of rams, causes abortion in ewes and is considered potential risk to human, especially veterinary practitioners, animal owners and animal products consumers.This study was designed to determine the occurrence of brucellosis in sheep for export form November (2016) to February (2017). The study was conducted in Alkadaru quarantine on 500 heads(300 form Kardofan State and 200 form Darfur State) of ready to export sheep . Serum samples, were used for the test and then the collected sera were divided in-to 10 groups.Seven groups form Kardofan State and three form Darfur State.Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT), Serum Agglutination Test (SAT) and Buffered Acidified Plate Antigen(BAPA) were used for examination of brucellosis .The overall prevalence of seropositive was 0.6 %(3samples out of500), when the positive result was confirmed by SAT and (BAPA)only1 sample was found positive(form Kardofan State).Among the risk factors studied only age had a significant relationship with brucellosis (chi square test .5.8, p value 0.05%).
This study indicated that the presence of sheep brucellosis was in low rate in the sheep ready to export. Even this low incidence requires more attention and effort to implement procedures and regulation to eradicate the disease in the Sudan.
