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Infection of cattle in Kenya with Brucella abortus biovar 3 and Brucella melitensis biovar 1 genotypes.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Jan 2012
Muendo Esther N, Mbatha Peter M, Macharia Joseph, Abdoel Theresia H, Janszen Paul V, Pastoor Rob, Smits Henk L
Abstract excerpt
Brucella melitensis biovar 1 was isolated from bovine milk samples from a herd in central Kenya, and Brucella abortus biovar 3 was isolated from aborted fetus materials and vaginal discharge fluids from cattle in central and eastern provinces of Kenya. All infections including those with B. melitensis were in cattle with reproductive problems kept in mixed herds indicating that cross infection occurs from small...
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