Brucellosis is a contagious disease of livestock caused by several species of the genus Brucella, mainly Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis. Infection with Brucella in cattle is usually caused by B. abortus, less frequently by B. melitensis, and occasionally by B. suis. Brucella melitensis is the main causative agent of infection with Brucella in sheep and goats. Infection with Brucella in pigs is due to B. suis biovars 1-3, but the disease caused by biovar 2 differs in its host range, its limited geographical distribution, and its pathogenicity. Clinically, infection with Brucella in animals is characterized by one or more of the following signs: abortion, retained placenta, orchitis, epididymitis and, rarely, arthritis, with excretion of the organisms in uterine discharges and in milk. Diagnosis depends on the isolation of Brucella from abortion material, udder secretions or from tissues removed at post-mortem.
Pathogens Tested
APB-023 :Brucella abortus (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species and Brucella abortus)
APB-024 :Brucella melitensis (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species and Brucella melitensis)
APB-025 :Brucella Species (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species only. This Assay can detect many Brucella species including B.abortus, B.melitensis, B.suis and B. canis)
Samples should be transported at 4°C. Milk must be frozen after collection.
Turn Around Time (TAT)
Normal Turnaround time for pathogen Identification is within 5 working days. Urgent Samples will be reported within half of the minimum test period & will be Charged Double.
Samples delivered after 11:00 AM will be processed next working day unless urgent.
Brucellosis is a contagious disease of livestock caused by several species of the genus Brucella, mainly Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis. Infection with Brucella in cattle is usually caused by B. abortus, less frequently by B. melitensis, and occasionally by B. suis. Brucella melitensis is the main causative agent of infection with Brucella in sheep and goats. Infection with Brucella in pigs is due to B. suis biovars 1-3, but the disease caused by biovar 2 differs in its host range, its limited geographical distribution, and its pathogenicity. Clinically, infection with Brucella in animals is characterized by one or more of the following signs: abortion, retained placenta, orchitis, epididymitis and, rarely, arthritis, with excretion of the organisms in uterine discharges and in milk. Diagnosis depends on the isolation of Brucella from abortion material, udder secretions or from tissues removed at post-mortem.
Pathogens Tested
APB-023 :Brucella abortus (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species and Brucella abortus)
APB-024 :Brucella melitensis (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species and Brucella melitensis)
APB-025 :Brucella Species (This Assay includes the detection of Brucella species only. This Assay can detect many Brucella species including B.abortus, B.melitensis, B.suis and B. canis)
Samples should be transported at 4°C. Milk must be frozen after collection.
Turn Around Time (TAT)
Normal Turnaround time for pathogen Identification is within 5 working days. Urgent Samples will be reported within half of the minimum test period & will be Charged Double.
Samples delivered after 11:00 AM will be processed next working day unless urgent.
