Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Brucella bacteria. Cattle, sheep, pigs, including dogs and other animals that we are familiar with may infect each other with humans. .

Brucellosis in animals can cause miscarriage, infertility, inflammation of reproductive organs and fetal membranes, and in humans it can cause wave fever (Malta fever, also known as Brucellosis, Mediterranean relaxation fever, wave fever, or wavelike fever are zoonotic infectious diseases caused by Brucella. Long-term fever, sweating, joint pain, hepatosplenomegaly, etc.)

Is it contagious from person to person?

The main source of infection is Sick sheep, cattle, pigs, dogs and other sick animals, sheep are the main source of infection causing the epidemic. Patients can also excrete bacteria from feces, urine, and milk, but human-to-human transmission is rare.

What is the main route of transmission?

Brucellosis can be transmitted through the digestive tract, respiratory tract, reproductive system mucosa and damaged or even undamaged skin, etc. A variety of transmission routes, through contact or eating infected animal secretions, body fluids and contaminated meat, milk, etc., and infection; and tick bites between animals can also transmit brucellosis. If susceptible animals live in groups, cross-infection is more likely.

What are the symptoms of brucellosis in dogs?

There are different species of brucella host animals. After infection in various animals, the main manifestations are miscarriage, orchitis, epididymitis, mastitis, metritis, arthritis, hindlimb paralysis or lameness. Among the animals we come into contact with on a daily basis, we mainly look at the symptoms of dogs infected with brucellosis. Most dogs infected with brucellosis lack clinical symptoms, and most of them are invisible infections, especially in young dogs and non-pregnant dogs. swollen. Male dogs often have orchitis and epididymitis, testicular atrophy, prostatitis and scrotal dermatitis.

When is the best time to check for brucellosis?

If you have a dog, the female dog suffers from frequent miscarriages and the male dog has swollen testicles If there is large redness and inflammation, you should take it to the pet hospital for brucellosis investigation in time. At the same time, if you are just forming a new family and want to add one more family member to the family (preparing to conceive a baby), we also recommend taking your pet to a regular pet hospital for a series of zoonotic diseases Check and let the baby be born and grow up in a healthy and healthy environment.

How should brucellosis be prevented?

In general, susceptible animals for brucellosis are in the direction of livestock animals, generally The infection rate of domestic pets is low, so the general pet vaccine does not have an attenuated vaccine for the disease. If pets at home have similar symptoms, try to avoid touching the secretions of pets with bare hands unless brucellosis is ruled out, and conduct detailed inspections to ensure that they are not infected with brucellosis before intimate touch.