Experimental infection of sheep with Brucella abortus

Authors: Buddle MB
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 74-77, Jun 1955
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Reproduction, Reproduction - female, Reproduction - male, Zoonosis, Public health
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract:

While sheep have been shown to be susceptible to experimental infection with Br. abortus (Bang, 1897; Zwick, 1910), there are only a few reports of the isolation of this organism from naturally infected ewes. Br. abortus infection of sheep has been recognized in France (Merou and Pineau, 1937; Huddleson, 1943), in Canada (Bruce, 1930), in the United States (Stoenner, 1951), and in Scotland (Young, 1953).

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