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brucellosis
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /ˌbruː.səˈləʊ.sɪs/ us /ˌbruː.səˈloʊ.sɪs/
an infectious disease caused by bacteria that affects domestic animals (= animals kept as pets or on farms), especially cows, and that can be passed to humans:
Officials have confirmed a case of bovine brucellosis in a beef herd.
People affected with brucellosis usually develop symptoms similar to severe influenza.
About half of Yellowstone's roughly 3,000 bison have been exposed to brucellosis, a disease that was eliminated from Montana cattle in 1985.
Brucellosis can cause animals to abort foetuses or give birth to weak calves.
Swine brucellosis can be transmitted to people through infected pork.
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