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Discuss Brucellesis (contagious abortion) in appropriate sub headings.

      

Discuss Brucellesis (contagious abortion) in appropriate sub headings.

  

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Kavungya
i) Cause
- Bacterial (Brucella abortus)

ii) Symptoms
- Premature birth of young
- Abortion at 5-7 months
- Retained placenta
- Placenta when left will show aedema, necrosis and appears bloody
- Barrenness
- Yellow and brown sticky odourless discharge from vulva

iii) Control
- Use of artificial insemination
- Vaccination
- Test culling and slaughter infected females
- Clean animal dwelling houses
- Boil milk
- Aborted foetuses should not be touched using bare hands
Kavungya answered the question on March 28, 2019 at 06:55


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