A bacterial disease of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs that causes abortion, infertility and reduced milk production, and that is also zoonotic, causing a chronic, debilitating fever in humans through contact with infected animals or unpasteurized dairy products. It remains endemic in parts of the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Latin America despite decades of vaccination and test and slaughter programs that have eliminated it from much of North America and Western Europe.
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Cattle, Livestock Brucellosis (Brucella abortus) causes abortion storms and is a major reproductive disease of cattle herds.
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Until the early 20th century, the disease was endemic in Malta to the point of it being referred to as "Maltese fever".
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Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease spread primarily via ingestion of unpasteurized milk from infected animals. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever.
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A bacterial disease of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs that causes abortion, infertility and reduced milk production, and that is also zoonotic, causing a chronic, debilitating fever in humans through contact with infected animals or unpasteurized dairy products.
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