- Pathogen:
- Brucella canis
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Rapid slide agglutination test kit containing 2-mercaptoethanol used as screening test. Definitive diagnosis can only be achieved with a positive blood culture.
- Pathogen Information:
- Small, non-motile, coccobacillary, gram-negative bacteria.
- Epidemiology:
- Readily isolated from vaginal exudate, aborted pups, blood, milk, or semen of infected dogs. Indirect transmission is not of major epidemiological importance.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Canine brucellosis, Abortion, Epididymitis, Discospondylitis, Sterility.
- Additional Information:
- Reference: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.