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'''Testing and culling''' of breeding stock is essential to ensure carriers are not present within a flock.
 
'''Testing and culling''' of breeding stock is essential to ensure carriers are not present within a flock.
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No vaccine is available for ''B. ovis'' and vaccination against ''B. melitensis'' can interfere with serological diagnosis.
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Vaccination is available against both ''Brucella'' species, but ''B. ovis'' vaccines are only widely used in New Zealand.
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Any vaccination will interfere wih serological diagnosis and this should be considered.
    
==References==
 
==References==
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