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Rivista trimestrale di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria edita dall'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale'

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2008 - Volume 44 (3) July-September
   
 
Simeon I.B. Cadmus, Hezekiah K. Adesokan & Judy A. Stack
Co-infection of brucellosis and tuberculosis in slaughtered cattle in Ibadan, Nigeria: a case report 557-558
       

Summary
The authors present a case report on co-infection of brucellosis and tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered at the Bodija abattoir in Ibadan, Nigeria. Out of 32 animals that were seropositive for brucellosis using the Rose Bengal test, indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and competitive ELISA, six were also demonstrated as being infected with tuberculosis through mycobacterial culture. This is the first report of co-infection of brucellosis and tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered in Nigeria. There is a need for further studies to investigate this occurrence.

Keywords
Brucellosis, Cattle, Co-infection, Nigeria, Tuberculosis, Zoonosis.


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