Experimental infection of goats with Brucella ovis.
Six goats were inoculated with Brucella ovis. Two goats were inoculated with infected semen by the intratesticular route and 2 each by installation of the semen on to the nasal or preputial epithelium. All goats produced antibody responses as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure and the serums of 5 goats reacted in complement fixation tests for B. ovis. The 2 goats inoculated by the intratesticular route and one receiving B. ovis instilled intranasally subsequently excreted B. ovis in their semen. The possibility of natural transmission is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000635:transmission; D002417:Cattle; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial