Reducing the threat of Brucellosis.(Farming Life)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: August 3, 2002 | Copyright information

HAVING reduced the prevalence of brucellosis from around 60 per cent of herds in the 1930s to zero in the mid-90s, we have seen its resurgence over the past five years. If we are to defeat it again, we need to understand it.

The agent responsible Brucellosis is caused by bacteria. The brucellosis bacterium affecting cattle is known as Brucella abortus. It can live within the cells which make up the bodies of cattle and humans. It can even live within the white blood cell...

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