Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Embuen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.creator.identifierSilvia Alonso: 0000-0002-0565-536Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2941-xen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1756-0500en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalBMC Research Notesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriBRUCELLOSISen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen_US
cg.subject.ilriWILDLIFEen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.volume10en_US
dc.contributor.authorEnström, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNthiwa, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Silviaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-03T16:20:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-01-03T16:20:30Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89907en_US
dc.titleBrucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenyaen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-11-25en_US
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_US
dcterms.issued2017-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectbrucellosisen_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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