Download MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COVAB SEMINAR SERIES 20 March 2014

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
COVAB SEMINAR SERIES
Date: 3rd April 2014 Starting time: 2:00pm
Venue: COVAB Media Hall, Level 2 Room 201, COVAB main block
Chairman: Professor David O. Owiny, Dean SBLS
Dr. Denis Rwabiita Mugizi
Topic: Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Brucella
spp in bovine milk in Soroti and Gulu: Public health
implications
Summary: A typical Brucella abortus without biovar
designation was isolated in milk of seropositive cattle in
Gulu and Soroti. All isolates were monomorphic at 16 VNTR
loci and had a close genetic relationship with the former
biovar 7 isolate from Kenya suggesting that Brucella do not
need passports to cross borders. All isolates were multiple
drug resistant to the WHO recommended regimens for
human brucellosis.
Dr. Kokas Ikwap
Topic: Diversity and possible measures for
control of zoonotic Salmonella spp. in pigs from
Uganda.
Summary: Zoonotic Salmonella spp. are highly
diverse and cause diarrhea in young animals and
humans. These bacteria are becoming resistant
to more antimicrobials and therefore, controlling
infection in “reservoir” livestock potentially
reduces the risk of human infection and the level
of antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Mugizi and Dr. Ikwap are Sida funded PhD students at COVAB