Difference between revisions of "Porcine Brucellosis"

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**Lameness, incoordination and posterior paralysis in joint and bone involvement
 
**Lameness, incoordination and posterior paralysis in joint and bone involvement
 
**Rose Bengal and indirect ELISA for diagnosis
 
**Rose Bengal and indirect ELISA for diagnosis
**Test and slaughter where exotic[[Category:To_Do_-_Clinical]]
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**Test and slaughter where exotic[[Category:To_Do_-_Kate]]

Revision as of 10:01, 4 March 2011



    • 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