Brucellosis in India: Its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic procedures: Brucellosis in India

Ajay R. Sawant

doi:10.62310/liab.v2i2.82

Authors

Ajay R. Sawant Department of Veterinary Pathology, Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jamdoli, Jaipur- 302031, Rajasthan, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-0056

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62310/liab.v2i2.82

Keywords:

Brucellosis, Epidemiology, Livestock Production, Brucella Vaccination

Abstract

Brucella epidemiology has a great impact on the economy of livestock production farms across different states of India. This leads to heavy economic losses for the farms and food production industries. The Brucella family has multiple biovars in each strain, which affects cattle, buffalo, goats, sheep, equine, swine, and canine species to marine and wildlife. With widespread zoonosis within different species, the bacteria pose a great threat to public health in humans, causing undulant fever, remitting fever, Maltese fever, and Gibraltar fever. Prevalence of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis among other strains have the most severe impacts on animal health. While many countries have reached milestone success in control of its epidemiology, when sick cows cannot be treated or culled due to religious beliefs, India’s struggle with brucellosis begins. The main objective of this review is to highlight the bacterium Brucella with an overview of brucellosis in various livestock animals.

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