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Brucellosis In A Water Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis) Herd In Balikesir Province Of Turkey: A Bacteriological And Pathological Investigation, Hasan Özen, Ziya İlhan, Mustafa Usta, Musa Karaman, Fatma İlhan
Brucellosis In A Water Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis) Herd In Balikesir Province Of Turkey: A Bacteriological And Pathological Investigation, Hasan Özen, Ziya İlhan, Mustafa Usta, Musa Karaman, Fatma İlhan
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Brucellosis, caused by a facultative intracellular bacterium, induces great economic loss in the livestock economy worldwide. In this study, the abortion problem in an Anatolian water buffalo herd was investigated by pathological, bacteriological and serological means. An aborted fetus as well as blood and milk samples from 4 buffalo cows with abortion history were studied. The thoracic and abdominal cavities of the aborted fetus were filled with serohemorrhagic fluid, and abomasum had yellowish brown fluid containing fibrous material in it. Bronchointerstitial pneumonia was recognized in the lung tissues. Brucella (B.) abortus biotype 3 was isolated from the aborted fetus. Blood …