Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| brucellosis |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Uncountable
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| Term provenance |
full loan from latin
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| Definition |
It is a contagious, costly disease of ruminant animals that also affects humans. Although brucellosis can attack other animals, its main threat is to cattle, bison, and swine. In humans, it´s known as undulant fever because of the severe intermittent fever accompanying human infection.The disease is caused by a group of bacteria known scientifically as the genus Brucella. Three species of Brucella cause the most concern. In cattle and bison, the disease currently localizes in the reproductive organs and/or the udder. Bacteria are shed in milk or via the aborted fetus, afterbirth, or other reproductive tract discharges.
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| Definition source |
Site of Word Health Organisation
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| Context |
Existing eradication and disease control programmes, such as those for tuberculosis and brucellosis, should be continued and where possible re-enforced; in particular, in those Member States whose status with regard to these diseases remains problematic.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Generic concept |
Zoonose (en.)
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| Coordinate concept |
Listeriosis, TSE, Tuberculosis, Salmonellosis, Hydatidosis, Foot-and-mouth disease
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| Related concept |
Brucella militensis
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| fr |
Brucellose
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| it |
Brucellosi
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| Reliability code |
3
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