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Describe Contagious Abortion bacterial disease.

Describe Contagious Abortion bacterial disease.

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Kavungya
Animals attacked: cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. o It also affects man.
Cause: Bacteria o Brucella abortus in cattle, o Brucella suis in pigs o Brucella malitensis in goats and sheep.

Symptoms
Spontaneous abortion or premature birth.
Retained placenta if abortion occurs during the later stages of pregnancy. Infertility in cows while bulls have low libido and inflamed testis also known as orchitis.
A yellowish brown, slimy, odourless discharge from the vulva may occur after the abortion.

Control
Use of artificial insemination.
Slaughtering affected animals followed by proper disposal of their carcasses.
The attendant to the animals should avoid contact with the aborted foetus.
A blood test should be carried out for all breeding animals to detect the infected ones.
Hygiene in the animals' houses.
Kavungya answered the question on April 26, 2019 at 10:31

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