28 Oct Bovine Brucellosis: A contagious abortion endemic in India
गौंवंश ब्रुसेलोसिस: भारत में संक्रामक गर्भपात की व्यापकता Brucellosis is one of the most common but often neglected zoonotic diseases in the India. The disease occurs worldwide, but in some countries, the disease is often underreported and there is little or no control, which leads to major health, economic and livelihood burdens. Despite its brutal impact on economic loss, it is also associated with high morbidity, both for humans and animals in developing countries like India. Brucellosis is a contagious, costly disease of ruminant (E.g. cattle, bison and cervids) animals that also affects humans. Although brucellosis can attack other animals, its main threat is to cattle, bison, cervids (E.g. elk and deer), and pigs. The disease is also known as contagious abortion or Bang's disease. In humans, it's known as undulant fever because of the severe intermittent fever accompanying human infection or Malta fever because it was first recognized as a human disease on the island of Malta. Transmission of bovine brucellosis is estimated to occur at an endemic equilibrium in India, with disease prevalence estimated to be 13.5%. Equilibrium dynamics were used to estimate the transmission rate of 0.1156 per year. The disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella which consist twelve species of Brucella have been identified so far. In cattle,...