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No cross-reactivity was observed with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, Chlamydia abortus, Chlamydia psittaci, or Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Among 56 clinical sheep nasal swab samples collected during routine surveillance, qPCR identified 22 positive and 34 negative samples, while the RPA-CRISPR\/Cas12a assay identified 20 positive and 36 negative samples. The positive agreement, negative agreement, overall agreement, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and Cohen\u2019s kappa value were 90.91%, 100.00%, 96.43%, 100.00%, 94.44%, and 0.924, respectively. These findings provide preliminary evidence that the developed bcsp31-targeted RPA-CRISPR\/Cas12a assay is rapid and visually interpretable and may be useful for preliminary Brucella spp. screening in routine veterinary surveillance settings. 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