The incidence of brucellosis in the district of Colombo [Sri Lanka, dairy cattle]
1982
Wickramasuriya, U.G.J.S. (Veterinary Investigation Centre, Welisara (Sri Lanka)) | Kumaraswamy, S. (Veterinary Research Inst., Peradeniya (Sri Lanka))
Incidence of Brucellosis in dairy herds in District of Colombo (now Districts of Colombo and Gampaha) has been surveyed by use of the Milk Ring Test (MRT) and confirmed by quantitative tests like Standard Agglutination Test (SAT) Complement Fixation Test (CFT) and Coombs Test (CT) on suspected sera. In all 305 herds involved 1478 dairy cows were tested giving herd infection of 1.6% and the individual animals infected as 0.9%. The comparatively low infection should not leave room for any complacency. The situation could very well signify the beginning of a widespread infection
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