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Investigation of Brucella canis infection in public animal shelters and kennels in Incheon  

Hong, Ji-Young (Incheon Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment)
Park, Jin-Su (Incheon Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment)
Han, Tae-Ho (Incheon Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment)
Hwang, Hyun-Soon (Incheon Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment)
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service / v.33, no.1, 2010 , pp. 23-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
This survey was performed to investigate the seroprevalence of antibodies to Brucella canis in dogs from public animal shelters and breeding kennels in Incheon. A total of 402 dogs selected randomly were tested serologically by using immunochromatographic antibody test kit. None of 289 dogs in public animal shelters were sero-positive and 10 (8.9%) of 113 dogs in breeding kennels were sero-positive. 5 (4.4%) strains of Brucella canis were isolated from 10 sero-positive dogs' blood. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was carried out by Disk diffusion method. They were susceptible to tetracyclines, quinolones, aminoglycosides and combination amoxicillin with clavulanic acid.
Keywords
Brucella canis; Public animal shelter; Kennel; Antibody; Susceptibility;
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