Korean Journal of Veterinary Research (대한수의학회지)
- Volume 39 Issue 6
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- Pages.1099-1105
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- 1999
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- 2466-1384(pISSN)
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- 2466-1392(eISSN)
Occurance of canine brucellosis in a large kennel in Chonnam area
전남지방의 소형견 번식장으로부터 발생한 canine brucellosis
- Moon, Jin-san (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, MAF) ;
- Oh, Gi-suk (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
- Park, In-cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
- Kang, Byong-kyu (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
- Lee, Chai-yong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
- Jung, Suk-chan (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, MAF) ;
- Park, Yong-ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
- Shin, Ssang-jae (College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University)
- 문진산 (국립수의과학검역원) ;
- 오기석 (전남대학교 수의과대학) ;
- 박인철 (전남대학교 수의과대학) ;
- 강병규 (전남대학교 수의과대학) ;
- 이채용 (전남대학교 수의과대학) ;
- 정석찬 (국립수의과학검역원) ;
- 박용호 (서울대학교 수의과대학) ;
- 신쌍재 (코넬대학교 수의과대학)
- Received : 1999.10.01
- Published : 1999.12.25
Abstract
Reproductive failures, such as abortions were occured among dogs in a large kennel in Chonnam area April in 1994. After an initial positive result by the 2 mercaptoethal rapid slide agglutination test(2ME-RSAT) to Brucella canis on five sera, additional specimens from all dogs in the population were tested. The blood cultures and 3 following serological tests (2ME-RSAT, TAT, AGID) performed on all samples on the basis of surveys, the following results were obtained. 1. Thirty three of 62 dogs were seropositive. 2. Twenty blood samples from 33 dogs were cultured, all of the isolates were identified as B canis. 3. Although there was not siginificant difference in sex, age and breed of the cause brucellosis dectected, abortions was occured late in gestation stage.