Research Article
Identification at Biovar Level of Brucella Isolates Causing Abortion in Small Ruminants of Iran
Table 1
Number of isolates in different provinces.
| | Province | Prevalence category | Number of isolates | Number of different species/biovars | | B. melitensis | B. melitensis | B. abortus | | biovar 1 | biovar 2 | biovar 3 |
| | Mazandaran | High | 55 | 54 | — | 1 | | Chehar-mahal Bakhtiari | High | 58 | 58 | — | — | | Khorasan Razavi | Intermediate | 68 | 55 | 13 | — | | Ilam | Intermediate | 10 | 10 | — | — | | Markazi | Low | 39 | 39 | — | — | | Kerman | Low | 35 | 30 | 5 | — |
| | Total (%) | | 265 (100) | 246 (92.8) | 18 (6.8) | 1 (0.4) |
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