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→Clinical disease
**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
*Caprine and ovine brucellosis:
*Caprine and ovine brucellosis:
**Caused by ''B. melitensis''
**Caused by ''B. melitensis''
**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
*Porcine brucellosis:
*Porcine brucellosis:
**Caused by ''B. suis''
**Caused by ''B. suis''
**Test and slaughter where exotic
**Test and slaughter where exotic
**Modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine
**Modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine
*Canine brucellosis:
*Canine brucellosis:
**Caused by ''B. canis''
**Caused by ''B. canis''
**Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion
**Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion
**Neuter infected animals
**Neuter infected animals
*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''
**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
**''B melitensis'' and ''B. suis'' cause most severe infections
**Antimicrobials
**Antimicrobials
===Diagnosis===
===Diagnosis===