Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10646/3854
Title: Brucellosis and chlamydiosis seroprevalence in goats at livestock–wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe
Authors: Bhandi, Solomon
Pfukenyi, Davies M.
Matope, Gift
Murondoti, Absolom
Tivapasi, Musavengana
Ndengu, Masimba
Scacchia, Massimo
Bonfini, Barbara
de Garine-Wichatitsky, Miche
dmpfukenyi@vet.uz.ac.zw
Keywords: brucellosis
chlamydiosis
goats
livestock-wildlife interfaces
Zimbabwe
Issue Date: Aug-2019
Publisher: OASIS Publishing
Citation: How to cite this article: Bhandi, S., Pfukenyi, D.M., Matope, G., Murondoti, A., Tivapasi, M., Ndengu, M., et al., 2019, ‘Brucellosis and chlamydiosis seroprevalence in goats at livestock–wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 86 (1), a1670. https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v86i1.1670
Abstract: In Zimbabwe, there have been no chlamydiosis and limited brucellosis studies in goats. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of the two diseases in goats at three different livestock–wildlife interface areas: porous, non-porous and non-interface in the south-eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. Collected sera (n = 563) were tested for Brucella antibodies using the Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and the complement fixation test (CFT); and for Chlamydia abortus antibodies using the CFT. All tested goats were negative for Brucella antibodies. Overall, chlamydial seroprevalence was 22%. The porous [c2 = 9.6, odds ratio (OR) = 2.6, p = 0.002] and non-porous (c2 = 37.5, OR = 5.8, p < 0.00001) interfaces were approximately three and six times more likely to be chlamydial seropositive than the noninterface area, respectively. Chlamydial seroprevalence was not associated with sex (c2 = 0.5, OR = 1.2, p = 0.5), abortion history in female goats (c2 = 0.7, OR = 1.3, p = 0.4), keeping goats with cattle (c2 = 0.2, OR = 1.5, p = 0.7) or flock size (c2 = 0.03, OR = 1.4, p = 0.9). Our study provides the first serological evidence of chlamydiosis in goats in Zimbabwe and the results suggest that proximity to wildlife is associated with increased chlamydial seropositivity. Further studies are required to determine the role of chlamydial infection on goat reproductive failure and that of wildlife on C. abortus transmission to domestic ruminants.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10646/3854
ISSN: (Online) 2219-0635
(Print) 0030-2465
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