Seroprevalence, and molecular detection of in cattle tissues from an abattoir in Namibia.

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis that is endemic in Namibia. This study estimated seroprevalence of brucellosis, and determined the presence of infection in slaughtered cattle using the genus-specific 16-23S rRNA interspacer PCR (ITS-PCR), and the species-specific AMOS-PCR. Between December 2018 and May 2019, sera ( 304), pooled lymph nodes ( 304), and individual spleen ( 304) were collected from slaughtered cattle from 52 farms.