Swine brucellosis

Swine brucellosis

Taxobox | name = "Brucella suis"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Brucella suis culture
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo = Rhizobiales
familia = Brucellaceae
genus = "Brucella"
species = "B. suis"
binomial = "Brucella suis"

Swine brucellosis is a contagious disease in pigs caused by the bacteria, "Brucella suis". The disease spreads in semen during breeding and by ingesting, inhaling, or eye contact with bacteria in milk, reproductive fluids, placenta, aborted fetuses and urine. The disease primarily occurs in adult pigs which show non-specific infertility, abortion or lack of sexual drive. Boars can show signs of orchitis, lameness, arthritis, abscesses and posterior paralysis. There is no treatment for the disease and no effective vaccine. [cite web | title = Brucellosis in Pigs | work = The Merck Veterinary Manual | date = 2006 | url = http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/110505.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-08 ]


Absent
Serologic evidence
Confirmed infections

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