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The recent transmission of brucellosis from elk back to cattle in Idaho and Wyoming illustrates how the area, as the last remaining reservoir in the United States, may adversely affect the livestock industry. Eliminating brucellosis from this area is a challenge, as many viewpoints exist on how to manage diseased wildlife.
Brucella suis is a bacterium that causes swine brucellosis, a zoonosis that affects pigs. The disease typically causes chronic inflammatory lesions in the reproductive organs of susceptible animals or orchitis, and may even affect joints and other organs. [1] The most common symptom is abortion in pregnant susceptible sows at any stage of ...
This disease is known as ovine brucellosis, and is a reportable disease in the USA. [2] In goats and sheep, B. melitensis can cause abortion, stillbirth, and weak offspring for the first gestation after the animal is infected. Mastitis can happen, but is uncommon. [3] The infection can also reduce milk yield by at least 10%.
Just because animals are purposely raised for slaughter doesn't mean they should be kept in conditions that are brutish and miserable. While some animal rights groups have effectively pressured ...
Congenital brucellosis can be transmitted transplacentally, whereas neonatal brucellosis can be acquired through contact with body fluids secreted during birth or through postpartum breastfeeding. Congenital brucellosis, on the other hand, is a rare condition; most cases are associated with premature birth, and it affects about 2% of infants ...
Brucellosis vaccine is a vaccine for cattle, sheep and goats used against brucellosis. [1] [2] It is an attenuated vaccine based on a modified brucellosis bacteria. [3]
A CDC infographic on how antibiotic-resistant bacteria have the potential to spread from farm animals. Antibiotic use in livestock is the use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock, which includes treatment when ill (therapeutic), treatment of a group of animals when at least one is diagnosed with clinical infection (metaphylaxis [1]), and preventative treatment ...
Additionally, the use of STA in swine results in healthier animals and reduces the “microbial load” on meat resulting in an assumed decrease in potential Foodborne illness risk. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] While the benefits of subtherapeutic antibiotic administration are well-documented, there is much concern and debate regarding the development of ...