Abstract
To the Editor: Belgium was declared free of bovine brucellosis by the European Union in 2003 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:156:0074:0078:EN:PDF). To maintain this status, the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain implemented a monitoring program, approved by the European Union, that consists of random serologic surveys and mandatory reporting of spontaneous abortion. This reporting enabled the detection of 2 outbreaks of bovine brucellosis in cattle caused by Brucella abortus biovar 3, in 2010 and 2012, but the origin of these outbreaks has not been identified.
Highlights
Diagnosis of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by detection and identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp
As part of an epidemiologic survey conducted to prevent the spread of the infection, ELISA testing (Brucellosis Antibody Test Kit; Idexx, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands) was performed on bulk milk samples from 9,013 dairy farms in the country; 75 farms had positive test results and were classified as reactor farms
Nonpregnant or dry dairy cows that had been held in the same pasture, distant from the main farm structures, during October 15–November 15, 2011; during the stamping out process, a second dairy cow from this group had a positive test result by ELISA
Summary
Diagnosis of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by detection and identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. Unexpected Brucella suis Biovar 2 Infection in a Dairy Cow, Belgium This reporting enabled the detection of 2 outbreaks of bovine brucellosis in cattle caused by Brucella abortus biovar 3, in 2010 and 2012, but the origin of these outbreaks has not been identified.
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