BRUCELLOSIS FOUND IN CATTLE IN KOTAYK REGION OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. Thirty-eight head were found with brucellosis
in Dzoraghbyur village of Kotayk province, the state food safety
service of Armenia reported referring to survey results.
Diseased animals are currently killed as required by the sanitary
norms, according to the report.
Apart from this, the food safety service requested the ministry of
health to provide laboratory surveillance to people who had close
contact with diseased animals.
Sanitary and anti-epidemic measures are under way.
Human brucellosis cases were recorded in Armenia in winter and
summer 2013.
Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of
unsterilized milk or meat from infected animals or close contact
with their secretions. Transmission from human to human is rare but
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