Publications
| seroprevalence of neospora caninum and brucella abortus among dairy cattle herds with high abortion rates. | abstract the protozoon neospora caninum and the bacterium brucella abortus are well recognized abortifacients in dairy cattle. serum samples (n = 240) from aborting (n = 141) and at risk (n = 99) animals from 5 herds with high abortion rates in punjab province, pakistan were tested for antibodies to n. caninum using monoclonal antibody based competitive elisa and to b. abortus using the serum agglutination test. antibodies to n. caninum and b. abortus were detected in 105 (43.8 %) and 135 (56.3% ... | 2011 | 21506829 |
| serological evidence of brucella abortus prevalence in punjab province, pakistan--a cross-sectional study. | twenty-one villages in punjab province, seven from each region (north, central& south) were randomly selected to determine the prevalence of b. abortus infection by two age categories (group a: 0–2 years; group b: >2 years) in cattle and buffalo populations. in each village, eight blood samples were collected from each age group of cattle and buffaloes. sera from a total of 672 blood samples (336 each from cattle and buffaloes) were analysed for the presence of antibodies to b. abortus using ros ... | 2010 | 21117286 |