Investigation on Brucella infection in farm animals in Saham, Sultanate of Oman with reference to human brucellosis outbreak

Table 1 Seroprevalence of Brucella infection in goats, sheep, cattle and camels in Saham using individual serological tests (RBT, ELISA and CFT) before the human outbreak

Animal species	No.	Male	Female	Number of positive samples by Serological tests (prevalence%, 95 confidence interval
Animal species	No.	Male	Female	RBT	I- or C-ELISA	CFT	RBT/ELISA	RBT/CFT	RBT/CFT/ ELISA
goat	32	12	20	0	1 (3.1, 0.6–15.8%)	7 (21.9, 11–38.8%)	0	1 (3.1, 0.6–15.8%)	0
sheep	38	15	23	1 (2.6, 0.5–13.5%)	0	0	0	0	0
Cattle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
camel	17	7	10	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)	1 (5.9, 1.1–27%)

RBT Rose Bengal Test, ELISA indirect Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, CFT Complement Fixation Test, N No abortion History, NN unknown abortion history

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