Sheep brucellosis overview

Sheep brucellosis, also known as brucellosis, is caused by brinell coli livestock disease, especially in sheep as the main target of infection. Brinell coli is a kind of gram-negative aerobic bacteria, belongs to the brucella genus, buds, capsule, no flagella, the ball rod. Brucellosis is a kind of zoonosis, in addition to the sheep, can also be infected cows, pigs, goats, sheep and dogs and other domestic animals, and humans. Brinell coli in the natural environment can survive for a long time, have a greater resistance to adverse factors, can survive for months on soil, water and fur, conventional disinfectants can quickly to kill it.

Sheep brucellosis symptoms and treatment

Typical symptoms include sheep brucellosis ewes abortion, RAMS orchitis, etc. Ewe infection may occur after premature birth, abortion, and not pregnant ewes could show the mastitis, bronchitis and arthritis. Ram orchitis happens after infection, lead to testicular swelling, palpation and local fever, pain. Sheep brucellosis through contacts, infection of the digestive tract and healthy skin healthy sheep, and can be spread by mosquito, fly, ticks and other media. Sheep once infected, most can be a lifelong study, but infection after a period of time available to a certain degree of immunity, so it is possible that a second child is no longer a miscarriage.

Sheep brucellosis, there is no specific medicine treatment, symptomatic treatment usually taken including antibiotics, such as doxycycline and rifampicin, but these drugs need to be strict in under the guidance of the veterinary use. Considering the brinell coli is sensitive to many kinds of antimicrobial agents, but easy to produce drug resistance, so need to pay attention to the choice of drugs in the process of treatment and the possible side effects. Higher value for the sheep and symptom is lighter, can treat in isolation conditions, and for those who are less severe symptoms or economic value of sheep, may be required.

Sheep brucellosis prevention measures

Sheep brucellosis prevention is the key to control infection, isolation, disinfection, strengthen personal protection, regular health checks and vaccination. Specific measures include:

1. Control source: limit or eliminate the source of infection, such as elimination of positive sheep to brucella quarantine not vaccinated flocks, positive should be eliminated, no therapeutic value; Negatie for assuming the healthy group, quarantine again after a month, even three times are negative, can undertake vaccination.
2. Segregation disinfection: the contaminated area is separated from unpolluted area, to deal with contaminated items, such as the comprehensive disinfection on the sheep pen, especially in miscarriage ewes and pollution seriously disinfection.
3. To strengthen personal protection: have close contact with sheep should beforehand vaccinal vaccine for human use, and take measure such as hand hygiene, wear gloves and masks.
4. Regular health checks: recommended at least once a year comprehensive health check, especially in animal husbandry area or related professions.
5. Vaccination: the uninfected flocks of brucella, adhere to the numerous autotrophic, not sheep imported from the epidemic area; Introducing sheep only under the condition of isolation and quarantine, rear can determine without infection. For the un-epdemic area, often a year should be conducted on a regular basis livestock getting vaccinated.

conclusion

To sum up, the sheep brucellosis is a kind of serious zoonosis, its prevention and control to the integrated use of a variety of measures, including strict quarantine, effective disinfection, personal protective, regular health examination and reasonable vaccination. Because there is no special treatment, therefore, prevention is particularly important. In breeding practice, should pay attention to the daily management of the sheep, once detected, shall timely isolation and processing, to control the spread of the disease.