BRUCELLA AS A CAUSE OF BURSITIS IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Department of Surgery and Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. Head

Abstract

Examination of 180 animals suffering from different forms of bursitis revealed that 76 cases (42.2%) were due to brucella infec tion.
From the affected cases 10 brucella strains were isolated. Only Brucella abortus biotypes 1, 3 and 6 were isolated from buffaloes cattle and equines. Brucella melitensis biotype 1 was recovered from a sheep suffering from capped knee.