Table 2.

Seroprevalence studies of Brucella spp. in goats worldwide by country and region.

Country	Region⁎	Area⁎	Seropositivity (%)	Overall number samples tested	Year Published	Author
Egypt	Africa	Northern Africa	8.6%	360	2022	Fereig et al. [106]
Libya	Africa	Northern Africa	31%	340	2010	Ahmed et al. [79]
Namibia	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	23.0%	52	2022	Samkange et al. [46]
Nigeria	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.8%	2827	2014	Ogugua et al. [76]
Uganda	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.0%	1446	2001	Kabagambe et al. [73]
Mexico	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean	9.3%	12,127	2016	Marin et al. [75]
Tajikistan	Asia	Central Asia	5.0%	407	2016	Rajala et al. [78]
Cambodia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	0.4%	540	2022	Siengsanan-Lamont et al. [50]
Laos	Asia	South-eastern Asia	1.4%	1458	2018	Burns et al. [19]
Malaysia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	0.9%	119,799	2015	Bamaiyi et al. [77]
Thailand	Asia	South-eastern Asia	1.4%	94,722	2016	Sagarasaeranee et al. [74]
Thailand	Asia	South-eastern Asia	46.6%⁎⁎	118	2022	Rerkyusuke et al. [51]
India	Asia	Southern Asia	9.9–22.0%	411	2020	Leahy et al. [47]
Iran	Asia	Southern Asia	13.9%	360	2014	Ebrahimi et al. [107]
Türkiye	Asia	Western Asia	26.9%	104	2016	Bora et al. [108]
Portugal	Europe	Southern Europe	0.4%	51,298	2013	Coelho et al. [72]
Spain	Europe	Southern Europe	0.1%	21 herds	2000	Reviriego et al. [71]

^⁎Based on United Nations designations (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/).

^⁎⁎Symptomatic cases, not cross-sectional serology.