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ABSTRACT

Prevalence of listeric abortions in organized and unorganized sheep farms of Kashmir valley was studied during 2008-2009. A total 52 cases of abortions/stillbirths were screened for isolation of Listeria species. Listeria monocytogenes was the only species isolated from the cases of abortions/stillbirths under study. An overall prevalence of 15.38% of listeriosis was recorded in these farms. The prevalence was higher in organized (18.51%) than in the un-organized farms (12.0%). Out of a total 8 isolates recovered, 4 were isolated from only brain tissues, 2 from both brain and livers and one each from liver and stomach contents. All the isolates under study were sensitive to gentamicin, doxycycline, ampicillin, tetracycline and pencillin G and resistant to nalidixicacid, co-trimaxozole, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin and lemoloxacin.

Keywords: Abortion, Listeria monocytogenes, prevalence, still births