Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bovine Brucellosis

Agent causing
- Brucella abortion
 

Differential diagnosis
- Campylobacteriosis
- Salmonellosis
- Leptospirosis
 

Basic Information / History
- The entry of infected animals from Herd
- Several times a miscarriage in the middle or end of content
 

Clinical signs
- Miscarriage
- Snap placenta
- There were no symptoms in the animal is not pregnant.
- Swelling of 'scrotum' in males
 

Post-Mortem Lesions
- No significant lesions
- Necrosis in the placenta
- Inflammation of the fetal tissue loss.
- Lesions granuloma and necrosis in several organs.
 

Specimen
- Fetal tissue (stomach contents, small intestine, CECUM)
- Milk
- Glands (lymph nodes)
- 'Lochia'
- testes
 

Control and Prevention
- Test and culled
- Serological tests are scheduled
- Quarantine livestock imports
- Vaccination

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