Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Embuen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en
cg.creator.identifierSilvia Alonso: 0000-0002-0565-536Xen
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2941-xen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1756-0500en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalBMC Research Notesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriBRUCELLOSISen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.ilriWILDLIFEen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorEnström, S.en
dc.contributor.authorNthiwa, D.en
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Silviaen
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-03T16:20:30Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-03T16:20:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89907
dc.titleBrucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractObjectives Brucellosis is caused by bacteria from the genus Brucella which infect human and domestic animals as well as wildlife. The Maasai Mara National Reserve has vast populations of wild ruminants such as buffaloes and wildebeest which could contribute to the risk of brucellosis in livestock, and the surrounding pastoralist communities grazing cattle in and around the reserve may be exposed to a higher risk of zoonotic diseases like brucellosis due to the close contact with livestock. In this study, cattle from three villages at varying distance from the reserve, were screened for antibodies against Brucella abortus. Results In total, 12.44% of 225 sampled animals were seropositive, with more females (15%) infected than males (5%). Seroprevalence was higher in livestock closer to Maasai Mara with the cattle in the village Mara Rianta having an odds ratio of 7.03 compared to Endoinyo Narasha further away (95% CI 1.4–11.1, p = 0.003), suggesting that a closer contact with wildlife may increase the circulation of infectious diseases between livestock and wildlife. Symptoms consistent with brucellosis were reported to occur in both humans and animals, and we thus conclude that brucellosis may be an important problem, both for the health and the economy.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-11-25en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEnström, S., Nthiwa, D., Bett, B., Karlsson, A., Alonso, S. and Lindahl, J.F. 2017. Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya. BMC Research Notes 10: 615.en
dcterms.issued2017-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectbrucellosisen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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