Sheep
Goats
Cattle
Pigs
Dogs
The excretions pollute the soil, pens, beds of straw, water from streams and wells.
Brucella is able to survive in the environment for relatively long periods:
In feces
In soil
In frozen
environments
Direct Contact
With infected animals, abortions, excretions, skin wounds, ocular conjunctiva and nasal mucosa.
Oral transmission
By ingestion of unpasteurized milk or milk products.
Human
Febrile illness - undulating fever or Malta fever
Animals
Abortions or lack of reproduction.
Low birth
rate
Decrease in
milk production
Of benefits
Slaughter of animals
Closing borders
Additional costs of workforce
Work-related disease for farmers without correct protection
Sickness due to unpasteurized products
Decreases the spread of the disease and zoonosis
The best choice for elimination of the disease in herds
To know the prevalence of the disease
Pasteurization is the best choice to reduce the transmission to humans