Korean Journal of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회지)

The Korean Society of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회)
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Brucellosis outbreak of Korean indigenous cattle at Yeongwol and Pyeongchang county in Korea

  • Kim Song-Tae (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Yoon Kyo-Bok (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Kang Tae-Kyu (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Bak Won-Hern (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Lee Jung-Hyun (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Chung Dong-Su (Middle-Branch, Gangwon Veterinary Service Laboratory)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

This study was attempted to investigate the properties of brucellosis in Korean indigenous cattle at the Yeongwol and Pyeongchang county. Brucella spp was differentiated and identified from cotyledons, amniotic fluids and supramammary lymph nodes which confirmed with clinical, serological, epidemiological evidences (69 cases) from January to June, 2004. Isolation frequency of this causative agent from supramammary lymph nodes, cotyledons and amniotic fluids from 38 pregnant Korean indigenous cattle were $39.1\%,\;87.5\%,\;and\;63.2\%$, respectively, and finally confirmed with Brucella abortus biotype 1 through biochemical and serological test. A Brucella specific DNA with 711bp band was detected by PCR assay using BCSP primer. The two cases were definite epidemiological evidences that infected Korean indigenous cattle acrossed the border to Yeongwol and Pyeongchang from near two provinces. Effective prevention programs are urgently needed for further spreading this epidemics.

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