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*Porcine brucellosis:
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**Caused by ''B. suis''
|name              =''Brucella suis''
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**Prolonged bacteraemia
|phylum            =Proteobacteria
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**Chronic inflammation in reproductive organs of boars and sows; also in joints and bones
|class              =Alpha Proteobacteria
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**Routes of infection: ingestion or venereal
|order              =Rhizobiales
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**Abortion, still birth, neonatal mortality, temporary sterility
|family            =Brucellaceae
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**Boars excreting bacteria in semen may have testicular abnormalities or be normal
|genus              =Brucella
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**Lameness, incoordination and posterior paralysis in joint and bone involvement
|species            =''B.suis''
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**Rose Bengal and indirect ELISA for diagnosis
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**Test and slaughter where exotic
 
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**Modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine
[[File:Brucella suis.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> Blood agar plate culture of ''Brucella suis''. (Dr. W.A. Clark
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2007, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
 
 
 
''Brucella suis'' is a species of the ''[[Brucella species - Overview|Brucella]].
 
 
 
''B.suis'' causes [[Porcine Brucellosis]]. There is a modified live ''B. suis'' vaccine.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 21:11, 10 May 2010

  • Porcine brucellosis:
    • Caused by B. suis
    • Prolonged bacteraemia
    • Chronic inflammation in reproductive organs of boars and sows; also in joints and bones
    • Routes of infection: ingestion or venereal
    • Abortion, still birth, neonatal mortality, temporary sterility
    • Boars excreting bacteria in semen may have testicular abnormalities or be normal
    • Lameness, incoordination and posterior paralysis in joint and bone involvement
    • Rose Bengal and indirect ELISA for diagnosis
    • Test and slaughter where exotic
    • Modified live B. suis vaccine