SEROPREVALENCE OF BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE AND HUMAN IN AND AROUND RANCHI

摘要

The present study was undertaken to access the seroprevalence of brucellosis in cattle and their attendants in and around Ranchi. The serological tests like STAT, RBPT, HIT, 2-MET and ELISA were employed on the collected serum samples of cattle and humans of occupationally exposed persons like animal handler's, farmers and patients having pyrexia of unknown origin to detect Brucella antibodies. The MRTwas also done after the collection of milk samples from individual cow, total of 545 serum samples comprising 428 from cattle and 117 from human were examined for brucellosis by applying different serological tests like Standard 'Bibe Agglutination Test (STAT), Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT), Heat Inactivation Test (HIT), 2- Mercaptoethanol Test (2-MET)and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Finding of result were recorded accordingly 81(18.93%), 96(22.43%), 59(13.785), 50(11.68%), and 103(24.07%) in cattle and 8(6.84%), 9(7.69%), 5(4.27%), 3(2.56%) and 10(8.55%) in human were found positive inabove mentioned tests respectively.