Isolation and biotyping of Brucella abortus from dairy cattle in Kyungpook area, Korea

Chung, Jong-sik; Cho, Yoong-jun; Park, Cheong-kyu

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1988;28(2):339-343.

Jong-sik Chung¹, Yoong-jun Cho¹, Cheong-kyu Park²

¹Kyungpook Animal Health Laboratory
²College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University

경북지방(慶北地方) 젖소로 부터 Brucella abortus의 분리(分離) 및 균형별(菌型別)

정종식¹, 조용준¹, 박청규²

¹경상북도 가축위생시험소
²경북대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

Serological study and isolation of Brucellae from dairy cattle were carried out in Kyungpook area of Korea during the period from 1984 to 1985. Biotyping of the isolates was done. Of the 11168 cattle in 2479 herds examined, 27 cattle (0.24%) in the 17 herds (0.69%) were serologically positive for brucellosis. Brucella abortus was recovered from 20 (74.1%) of the 27 infected cattle, and all the strains of the isolates belonged to biotype 1. Of the tissues cultured for brucellae, the supramammary lymph nodes had the highest rate (55.6%) of recovery of brucella organisms.

Key Words: Brucella abortus, isolation, biotyping