| the unexpected discovery of brucella abortus buck 19 vaccine in goats from ecuador underlines the importance of biosecurity measures. | very few, mostly old, and only preliminary serological studies of brucellosis in goats exist in ecuador. in order to assess the current epidemiological situation, we performed a cross-sectional serological study in the goat populations of carchi (n = 160 animals), pichincha (n = 224 animals), and loja provinces (n = 2024 animals). only two positive serological results (rb negative and sat-edta ≥400 iu/ml) were obtained in lactating goats from the same farm in quito (pichincha province). addition ... | 2017 | 28160160 |