title: Isolation of Brucella melitensis from aborting ruminants in Jordan.
abstract: Thirty-four isolates (16.5 per cent) of Brucella melitensis were cultured from 206 samples from aborted, still-born or weak full-term animals and vaginal swabs from aborted animals. Twenty-six of 31 isolates from sheep were B. melitensis biovar 3. Two isolates were biovar 1 and one of these was the vaccine strain Rev 1. The three remaining isolates were from vaginal swabs and were not biotyped since B. melitensis biovar 3 had been isolated from the aborted fetuses. One of two isolates from cattle and one isolate from a goat were biovar 1. The remaining cattle isolate was biovar 3.
authors.affiliation: Animal Health Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Aldomy
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Jahans
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Altarazi
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005333:Fetus / Q000382:microbiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology; D015047:Zoonoses