Brucella canis in Commercial Dog Breeding Kennels, Ontario, Canada.
Brucella canis in Commercial Dog Breeding Kennels, Ontario, Canada.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):3079-3080
Authors: Weese JS, Hrinivich K, Anderson MEC
Abstract
We evaluated the prevalence of Brucella canis seropositivity in a convenience sample of dogs from commercial breeding kennels in Ontario, Canada. Overall, 127/1,080 (11.8%) dogs from 23/63 (37%) kennels were seropositive. The prevalence of positive dogs within kennels with >1 positive dog ranged from 3.9% to 100% (median 33%).
PMID: 33219799 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Weese JS, Hrinivich K, Anderson MEC Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research