Molecular Detection of Glanders in horses at the Equestrian Club in Baghdad city

Authors

  • Ali Obayes Department of Internal and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, IRAQ.
  • Zaid Salah Hussein College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31185/wjps.297

Abstract

glanders, a biological warfare agent, caused by a bacterium called B mallei. It is considered a contagious, fatal, zoonotic disease. The aim of this study was to establish a fast and reliable molecular method for identification of Burkholderia mallei, this technique was used to determine the Phylogenetic tree and genetic relationship between local and international isolates of B. mallei in horses of Iraq. The research was conducted by taking 100 nasal swabs from animals, and it was found that 29 cases were positive in the PCR test, and 4 random samples were taken from the positive cases for the purpose of sequence analysis.

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2024-03-30

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Obayes, A., & Zaid Salah Hussein. (2024). Molecular Detection of Glanders in horses at the Equestrian Club in Baghdad city. Wasit Journal for Pure Sciences , 3(1), 128-134. https://doi.org/10.31185/wjps.297