Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that causes substantial public health problems and endangers the development of animal husbandry in endemic areas, causing huge losses of personal property. Early diagnosis of sick animals is a crucial step in reducing the incidence of brucellosis.Objective: In this study, we designed a recombinant multiepitope protein (rMEP) as a serum diagnostic antigen for brucellosis and evaluated its diagnostic value in cattle and goats.Methods: An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) was used to assess the new rMEP, and 159 goat and 153 bovine serum samples were measured, including brucellosis and nonbrucellosis samples. To better observe the effectiveness of rMEP, we performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.Results: Evaluation of the 159 goat serum samples showed that the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.9976, and compared with serum tube agglutination test (SAT) and the Rose Bengal plate agglutination test (RBPT), the positive and negative diagnostic accuracies of ELISA were 98.92% (92/93) and 96.97% (64/66), respectively. Evaluation of the 153 bovine serum samples showed that the AUC was 0.9974, and compared with those of SAT and RBPT, the positive and negative diagnostic accuracies of ELISA were 98.65% (73/74) and 96.20% (76/79), respectively.Conclusion: The results indicated that rMEP, as a protein antigen, can be used to diagnose brucellosis with high accuracy in both goats and bovines.