Table 2.
Prevalence of Brucella in milk specimens of aborted and non-aborted animals according to isolation.
| Milk source | Number tested | Positive isolation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | 95%CI | X2 | p-value | |||
| Non aborted animals | Cow | 244 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.61 | ≥0.05 |
| Sheep | 310 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3-0.9 | |||
| Goat | 254 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| total | 808 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1-0.3 | |||
| Aborted animals | Cow | 18 | 1 | 5.6 | 16.2-5.1 | 0.39 | ≥0.05 |
| Sheep | 63 | 7 | 10.3 | 17.5-3.1 | |||
| Goat | 34 | 3 | 8.8 | 18.3-0.7 | |||
| total | 120 | 11 | 9.2 | 14.4-4 |