Systematic review on prevalence, clinical characteristics and diagnosis of brucella canis in dogs in Asia from 2000 to 2021

Ahmad, Arinah Nabihah (2021) Systematic review on prevalence, clinical characteristics and diagnosis of brucella canis in dogs in Asia from 2000 to 2021. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Canine brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Brucella canis, a gramnegative coccobacillus from the family Brucellaceae. It is a disease that has been reported worldwide and can cause public health problem due to close contact between dogs and humans. There is still a lack of consistent epidemiological studies on the prevalence of canine brucellosis in Asia. This study was conducted with the aim to systematically review the prevalence, clinical characteristics and diagnosis of Brucella canis infection in dogs from publications involving Asian countries from 2000 and 2021. This review was done in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Literature search was conducted on three databases (PubMed: 218, Scopus: 449 and Google scholar: 889) with publications in English and based on specific search keywords. A total of 32 published articles met the selection criteria and were eligible for systematic review. The prevalence of Brucella canis in Asian countries was reported between 0% and 50%. The three commonly used diagnostic tests include bacterial culture and identification (n= 11), rapid slide agglutination test (RSAT) (n= 10) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (n=8). Among the common clinical presentations reported were abortion (n=9), lymphadenopathy (n=3) and metritis (n=3). Canine brucellosis can be challenging to diagnose and is dependent on several aspects, including the use of several diagnostic tests, accurate specimen sampling at specific time intervals, and identification of the clinical signs associated with canine brucellosis which sometimes can be non-specific in dogs. However, there is still limitation in this study due to lack of cases reported in Asia and this study may have missed the cases published in local or non-English-Ianguage journals.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2023 07:15
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2023 07:15
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1547

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