Sero-Prevalence of Brucellosis in Cattle in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.

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@article{1710082,
      author = {Enid Godwin, Saulawa Mahmud Abdullahi, O. Z. Tenuche; Umar Aliyu Umar, Chinwe E. Okoli.; Adah Bridget Maria Jessica, Abdulrahman Musa Adeiza; G. O Egwu},
      title = {Sero-Prevalence of Brucellosis in Cattle in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {9},
      number = {2},
      pages = {392-398},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1710082.pdf},
      abstract = {Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. This study was carried out to investigate the status of brucellosis in cattle in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. A total of 384 serum samples were collected for the study from various locations namely, Paiko, Tungan maje, Gwako, Staff quarters, Zuba, Kutunku, Dobi, Uniabuja Vet teaching hospital farm, and Army farms and tested using the Modified Rose Bengal Plate Test (mRBPT). The prevalence of brucellosis in cattle within the Gwagwalada area council was found to be high in cattle between 5 - 8 years (5.7%) while 5.0% was recorded between cattle 2-4 years old.  However, seropositivity of bovine brucellosis was higher in cross breed 13.33% than local breed. Moreover, the prevalence of brucellosis was higher amongst females 10.8% compared with 4.1% observed in males. (p?0.05). The results showed no statistically significant association between the variables and seropositivity to bovine brucellosis. The presence of Brucella abortus antigen in the sera of cattle in Gwagwalada area council poses a significant public health risk. Therefore, it is important to carry out further epidemiological studies among the fulani herdsmen and cattle herds in the FCT in order to explore the risk factors associated with the occurrence and perpetuation of brucellosis among cattle herds to ascertain the prevalence and status of the disease among both farms and nomadic herds.},
      keywords = {Brucellosis, Brucella abortus, mRBPT, Cattle, Pathogen, Zoonoses.},
      month = {August},
  }