Notes on Animal Diseases XVI-Bovine Brucellosis (Contacious Abortion

Abstract

Bovine brucellosis is a contagious disease caused by the bacillus Brucella abortus. This organism produces characteristic inflammatory and degenerative changes in the pregnant uterus leading to abortion, which is frequently followed by a temporary or permanent sterility. Bulls may sometimes become infected, when abscesses are formed in the testicle and epididymis. The disease is world-wide in distribution and is found in Kenya in both purebred and Zebu cattle.