%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of antibodies level for goat brucellosis in Mosul, Iraq
%A A. M. Al ¨CAalim
%A S. Y. Al-Baroodi
%A I. M. Ahmed
%A M. Y. Al-Attar
%J Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences
%D 2009
%I University of Mosul
%X This study included 184 serum samples collected from goats, the samples were distributed between aborted, vaccinated and unvaccinated females in the period between February¨CSeptember 2007 in Mosul city. Rose Bengal Test and 2-mercaptoethanol test were used to evaluate antibodies in serum samples. The results showed that the percentage of positive cases reached 72% , 25.6% and 52.9% in vaccinated, unvaccinated and aborted females, respectively by using rose Bengal test. Where as the percentages of positive cases reached to 83.3%, 51.7% in vaccinated and unvaccinated animals, respectively and decreased to 11.1% in aborted animals when positive rose Bengal test samples were tested with 2-mercaptoethanol test.
%U http://www.vetmedmosul.org/ijvs/media/9-1-6a.pdf