Zoonotic Bacterial Diseases of Livestock

Bacterial diseases of farm animals that can also pass to people, including anthrax, brucellosis and leptospirosis. A disease belongs here when its cited article names a bacterium as the cause, livestock as a main host and humans as a possible host. People are infected through contact with sick animals, their birth fluids or urine, contaminated soil or water, or raw milk and meat, so these diseases matter for farm workers, veterinarians and consumers as well as for herd health. Control rests on vaccination, testing and culling, hygiene, safe handling of carcasses and pasteurization of milk. This heading gathers them so a visitor can compare how each spreads and how each is controlled.