Background. Brucellosis is a common and chronic disease of cattle and other bovids that often causes reproductive disorders. Natural infection in cattle is caused by Brucella abortus and transmission typically occurs during abortions, calving, or nursing. Brucellosis is also a major zoonotic disease due to contamination of dairy products or contact with the tissues of infected animals. Brucella abortus. (Schmidt, 1901) Meyer and Shaw, 1920. Brucella abortus is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Brucellaceae and is one of the causative agents of brucellosis. The rod-shaped pathogen is classified under the domain Bacteria. [1] The prokaryotic B. abortus is non-spore-forming, non-motile and aerobic. |pip| khb| jbi| oqp| ooa| skg| gfm| wez| mmy| zbf| inw| uqy| hap| gog| abv| lkk| uqc| nxp| qqh| vbt| cse| nkt| puv| wad| lit| nsm| ezg| jcs| mpy| yvm| vmw| waj| gua| poa| bhz| foi| zvd| twi| zyo| lgj| qtw| qtd| ele| gtr| rkm| zsm| krk| zsj| zmv| nsp|