Wednesday, 23 May 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis, canine - Netherlands: B. suis, epidem., raw pet food ex Argentina

Brucellosis -- Netherlands
"A _Brucella suis_ biovar 1 infection was diagnosed in a dog without typical exposure risks, but the dog had been fed a raw meat-based diet (hare carcasses imported from Argentina). Track and trace investigations revealed that the most likely source of infection was the dog's raw meat diet".
Subscribers may be interested in the following excerpts from the paper's discussion section (references omitted):
"Medical microbiologists of the Municipal Health Service assessed the zoonotic risks

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5813060&promed&0

No comments:

Post a Comment