Reichel, R.Nel, J.R.Emslie, R.Bishop, G.C.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2013-08-152013-08-1520131996Reichel, R, Nel, JR, Emslie, R & Bishop, GC 1996, 'Brucella melitensis biotype 1 outbreak in goats in northern KwaZulu-Natal’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 183-185.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22023The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat X Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Brucella melitensis biotype 1 was confirmed in indigenous, outbred goats in three northern districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province following the diagnosis of human Malta fever in the same area. Six foci of infection were found during an extensive serological survey involving 6 266 goats carried out in most of the districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province. The prevalence in the positive herds varied between 17% and 100%. The diagnosis was confirmed by culturing milk samples from serologically positive animals. Infected goats were found in only three districts (Ubombo, lngwavuma and Pongola) and all infected herds fell within a 50-km radius.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).AbortionBrucella melitensisGoatsMalta feverVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaBrucellosis in goatsArticle