Detection of Brucella antibodies in sera of Police Caged Dogs and Dogs Owned by Citizen in Khartoum using Rose Bengal Test

Abstract

Dogs can be affected by Brucella canis, Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis. The main objective of the present study was to detect the presence of brucella antibodies (Abs). Forty five police caged dogs (PCD) and thirty two dogs owned by citizens (DOC) were examined for presence of antibodies of Brucella anitbodies (Abs) using Rose Bengal test (RBT). Our results show that almost all police caged dogs (PCD) were positively reacting for Brucella Abs. Dogs owned by citizens (DOC) showed less positively reacting cases than the PCD. The positively reacting dogs in this group were 56% while the rest 44% were negative for Brucella Abs. The detected Abs may be other than brucella canis as the dogs did not show any signs or lesion of brucellosis and there was no history of abortion except in one female of the surveyed bitches.