Control of bovine brucellosis from persistently infected holdings using RB51 vaccination with test-and-slaughter : a comparative case report from a high incidence area in Portugal
dc.contributor.author | Caetano, M.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Afonso, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fonseca, A.P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell) | |
dc.contributor.author | Boinas, F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-08T07:33:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bovine brucellosis due to Brucella abortus infection causes significant reproduc-tive and production losses in cattle and is a major zoonosis. Eradication of this disease has proved difficult to achieve in Portugal where it still occurs in some regions despite an ongoing national eradication programme. In 2004, the Alent-ejo region, a major cattle producing area, reported one of the highest levels of bovine brucellosis in the country, especially in one divisional area. In that area, bovine brucellosis was particularly problematic in a holding of ten herds, the largest extensive cattle unit in the country, which remained infected despite an extensive test-and-slaughter programme and depopulation of five herds. A 5-year programme of RB51 vaccination with biannual test-and-slaughter was thus implemented in 2004. The apparent animal seroprevalence decreased from 19% (646/3,400) to 3% (88/2930) on the third herd-level test and remained below 0.8% (27/3324) after the fourth test. After the tenth test, the holding had a prevalence of 0.1% (2/2332) and only one herd remained positive with a within-herd prevalence of 1.1% (2/177). The results were compared to all other herds (n = 10) in the divisional area that were also persistently infected but were subject only to test-and-slaughter before being depopulated. In these herds, the strategy of test-andslaughter did not reduce the prevalence, which remained significantly higher than the vaccinated group (median = 0.48% and 8.5% in vaccinated versus non-vaccinated herds; Wilcoxon rank sum test; P < 0.01). The success of this pilot programme in continental Portugal pro-vided a valuable case study to the official veterinary services by illustrating the value of RB51 vaccination with parallel testing and improved biosecurity as a comprehensive and sustainable strategy for bovine brucellosis control in persis-tently infected herds. | en_US |
dc.description.embargo | 2015-04-30 | |
dc.description.librarian | hb2014 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1865-1682 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Caetano, MC, Afonso, F, Ribeiro, R, Fonseca, AP, Abernethy, DA & Boinas, F 2016, 'Control of bovine brucellosis from persistently infected holdings using RB51 vaccination with test-and-slaughter : a comparative case report from a high incidence area in Portugal', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. e39–e47. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1865-1674 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1865-1682 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1111/tbed.12228 | |
dc.identifier.other | 21638520700 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42295 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
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dc.rights | © 2014 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Control of Bovine Brucellosis from Persistently Infected Holdings Using RB51 Vaccination with Test-and-Slaughter: A Comparative Case Report from a High Incidence Area in Portugal, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. e39–e47, 2016, doi : 10.1111/tbed.12228. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1865-1682. | en_US |
dc.subject | Bovine brucellosis | en_US |
dc.subject | Eradication programme | en_US |
dc.subject | Portugal | en_US |
dc.subject | Test-and-slaughter | en_US |
dc.subject | Stamping-out | en_US |
dc.subject | RB51 vaccination | en_US |
dc.title | Control of bovine brucellosis from persistently infected holdings using RB51 vaccination with test-and-slaughter : a comparative case report from a high incidence area in Portugal | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |
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