Brucellosis and Tuberculosis  Go Back
Author: A.J. Olivier    Date Published: 01 January 2002

Brucellosis and tuberculosis are both very important controlled diseases: this means that they must be reported to the government veterinary services, because there are specific control schemes for these diseases.

They are important because they:

• are zoonotic diseases (diseases which people can get from animals)
• can cause severe illness, and even death, in cattle
• can result in loss of income because of the cost of loss of production and control.

Brucellosis (contagious abortion or CA)

• Brucellosis is a disease of production animals. It occurs more frequently in cattle in South Africa, but can occur in other species too.
• It is an important zoonotic disease.
• The most common sign in animals is abortion.
• It is caused by bacteria (germs) named Brucella.

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