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**Occasionally causes [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis]]
 
**Occasionally causes [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis]]
 
*Isolated from closed cases of [[Bursae and Tendons Inflammatory - Pathology#Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers|poll evil and fistulous withers]] in horses
 
*Isolated from closed cases of [[Bursae and Tendons Inflammatory - Pathology#Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers|poll evil and fistulous withers]] in horses
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*Caprine and ovine brucellosis:
 
*Caprine and ovine brucellosis:
 
**Caused by ''B. melitensis''
 
**Caused by ''B. melitensis''
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**Agar gel immunodiffusion test, complement fixation test and indirect ELISA
 
**Agar gel immunodiffusion test, complement fixation test and indirect ELISA
 
**Vaccination of young rams with ''B. melitensis'' vaccine or ''B. ovis'' bacterin
 
**Vaccination of young rams with ''B. melitensis'' vaccine or ''B. ovis'' bacterin
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*Porcine brucellosis:
 
*Porcine brucellosis:
 
**Caused by ''B. suis''
 
**Caused by ''B. suis''
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**Test and slaughter where exotic
 
**Test and slaughter where exotic
 
**Modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine
 
**Modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine
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*Canine brucellosis:
 
*Canine brucellosis:
 
**Caused by ''B. canis''
 
**Caused by ''B. canis''
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**Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion
 
**Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion
 
**Neuter infected animals
 
**Neuter infected animals
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*Human brucellosis:
 
*Human brucellosis:
 
**Susceptible to ''B. abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis'' and ''B. canis''
 
**Susceptible to ''B. abortus, B. suis, B. melitensis'' and ''B. canis''
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**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
 
**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
 
**Antimicrobials
 
**Antimicrobials
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===Diagnosis===
 
===Diagnosis===
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