People infected with the brucellosis organism usually develop symptoms similar to a severe influenza, but this disease, called undulant fever, persists for several weeks or months and may get progressively worse. Farmers, ranchers, veterinarians, and packing plant workers are infected most frequently because they come into direct contact with infected animals.

Humans are usually infected only through close contact with infected poultry. The severity of disease in humans varies from mild disease to severe respiratory disease. This depends on the strain of virus and characteristics of the person infected. Human deaths have been reported following severe disease.

Humans are generally infected in one of three ways: eating or drinking something that is contaminated with Brucella, breathing in the organism (inhalation), or having the bacteria enter the body through skin wounds. The most common way to be infected is by eating or drinking contaminated milk products. When sheep, goats, cows, or camels are infected, their milk is contaminated with the bacteria.

Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria of the genus Brucella. These bacteria are primarily passed among animals, and they cause disease in many different vertebrates. Various Brucella species affect sheep, goats, cattle, deer, elk, pigs, dogs, and several other animals. Humans become infected by coming in contact with animals or animal products that are contaminated with these bacteria.

The main risk for humans to become infected with brucellosis is through contact with reproductive fluids - placental and fetal fluids - from infected animals. Although there is a possibility for brucellosis to be transmitted through milk or meat, the pasteurization of milk and the cooking of meat destroy the bacteria. Any infection risk in humans is primarily in people who work with cattle and are exposed to potentially infected fluids.

Almost all cases of bird flu infection in humans were caused by direct exposure with infected birds or contaminated surfaces. However, risk of infection in humans is low and person-to-person transmission is exceptionally rare.

Brucellosis is not very common in the United States, where100 to 200 cases occur each year. But brucellosis can be very common in countries where animal disease control programs have not reduced the amount of disease among animals.

Brucellosis is diagnosed in a laboratory by finding Brucella organisms in samples of blood or bone marrow. Also, blood tests can be done to detect antibodies against the bacteria. If this method is used, two blood samples should be collected 2 weeks apart.

Yes, but treatment can be difficult. Doctors can prescribe effective antibiotics. Usually, doxycycline and rifampin are used in combination for 6 weeks to prevent reoccuring infection. Depending on the timing of treatment and severity of illness, recovery may take a few weeks to several months. Mortality is low (<2%), and is usually associated with endocarditis. These are live vaccines, and strain 19 is known to cause disease in humans.

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Considering the damage done by the infection in animals—decreased milk production, weight loss in animals, loss of young, infertility, and lameness—it is a very serious disease of livestock. The rapidity with which it spreads and the fact that it is transmissible to humans makes it all the more serious.

It is believed that most cases of bird flu infection in humans have resulted from contact with infected poultry or contaminated surfaces. There is no evidence of human-to-human transmission so far.

The avian influenza virus must change. The virus can change to become more contagious among humans in two ways. The first is a "reassortment" event, in which genetic material is exchanged between human and avian viruses during co-infection of a human or pig. Reassortment could result in a fully contagious pandemic virus.

In order to obtain a certification, one must have 2 complete negative herd tests 10 to 14 months apart. Your private veterinarian must complete the application after 2nd test.

The infection occurs worldwide, and is most common in the Mediterranean countries of Europe and Africa, the Middle East, India, central Asia, Mexico, and Central and South America. In the United States, most cases are reported from California, Florida Texas, and Virginia. In Arizona, 35 cases have been identified over the last twenty years. Most of these cases are associated with consumption of unpasteurized dairy products brought into Arizona from Mexico.

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Direct person-to-person spread of brucellosis is extremely rare. Mothers who are breast-feeding may transmit the infection to their infants. Sexual transmission has also been reported. For both sexual and breast-feeding transmission, if the infant or person at risk is treated for brucellosis, their risk of becoming infected will probably be eliminated within 3 days. Although uncommon, transmission may also occur via contaminated tissue transplantation.

B. canis is the species of Brucella species that can infect dogs. This species has occasionally been transmitted to humans, but the vast majority of dog infections do not result in human illness. Although veterinarians exposed to blood of infected animals are at risk, pet owners are not considered to be at risk for infection. This is partly because it is unlikely that they will come in contact with blood, semen, or placenta of the dog.

Yes, but rarely. The H5N1 virus has demonstrated a limited ability to spread from birds to humans. Despite circulating widely in bird populations in Asia for nearly two years, there have only been about 120 confirmed human infections, including 60 deaths (mostly in Vietnam). In all but a few of these cases, the infected patients have had close contact with infected birds.

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About one in five people infected by the virus develop West Nile fever, a typically mild illness that causes fever, muscle aches, fatigue, headache and joint pain. These persons recover fully and do not require hospital care. A smaller number of infected persons, 1%, develop encephalitis or meningitis with symptoms of high fever, neck stiffness, confusion, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis.

Avian flu currently poses only a small danger, as the virus does not normally infect animals other than birds or pigs. However, human beings have been infected in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia, although these cases were linked to direct contact with dead or diseased poultry. One case of human-human contact was suspected in Thailand in 2004. There is no vaccine to prevent H5N1 infection in human beings, although there are drugs to treat the illness.

Avian flu viruses, while quite contagious within bird populations, do not usually infect humans. While there are cases of transmission to humans, the incidents are rare and typically only occur when people are in direct contact with flocks of infected birds. More information about Avian Influenza and human health implications can be found here:

The time from exposure to the source of infection to onset of influenza is likely to be between three and five days, with a maximum time of seven days.