Bovine brucellosis: report of the joint action of the University, Agricultural Defense and the Municipal Health Service in the diagnosis and control of the disease

Abstract

Bovine Brucellosis is a disease of economic importance and of a zoonotic character, considered of mandatory notification, caused by Brucella abortus, characterized mainly by abortion in the final third of pregnancy and reproductive disorders. The present study reports the joint work of the University, Agricultural Defense and Epidemiological Surveillance in a case of Brucellosis that occurred at the Bovine and Small Ruminant Clinic of the University of São Paulo. A bovine with locomotor disorders was diagnosed with brucellosis when tested together with another animal on the property that had reproductive disorders. The Agricultural Defense was activated and the animal was sent for sanitary slaughter. A joint action was carried out to monitor Brucellosis on the property and notification to the Municipal Health Service. Six animals on the property and three people showed positive results, highlighting the zoonotic potential of the disease and the importance of the veterinarian in controlling it in animals and man.