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==Description==
==Description==
Canine brucellosis is caused by the intracellular gram negative bacteria ''B. canis''. The disease predominantly affects the reproductive system causing abortion and infertility in females and epididymitis and inferttlity in males. Other systems can also be affected, causing uveitis, discospondylitis, dermatitis and osteomyelitis.
Canine brucellosis is caused by the intracellular gram negative bacteria ''B. canis''. The disease predominantly affects the reproductive system causing abortion and infertility in females and epididymitis and inferttlity in males. Other systems can also be affected, causing uveitis, discospondylitis, dermatitis and osteomyelitis.
Animals are infected when the organism gains entry to the body at mucus membranes: vaginal, oral and conjunctival. Macrophages then phagocytose ''B. canis'' which targets lymphoid and genital tissue. A transient lymphoid hyperplasia and hyperglobinemia develop in the early stages of infection followed by a bactereamia 1-4 weeks post initial infection which can persist for up to 5 years.
==Signalment==
==Signalment==