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Brucella suis biovar 3 infection in a Kentucky swine herd
W D Cornell1, M M Chengappa, L A Stuart
1Department of Microbiology, Murray State University, Breathitt Veterinary Center, Hopkinsville, KY 42240.
Abstract:
Sows from a large farrow-to-finish operation in western Kentucky had late-term abortions. Boars and breeding-age sows were tested serologically for brucellosis, and 83 of 125 were classified as reactors. No brucellae were isolated from the tissues of 6 unbred reactor sows, but Brucella suis biovar 3 was recovered from 5 aborted fetuses. Epidemiological studies failed to determine the source of the infection.