They believed the outfits damaged internal organs and debilitated women so much that they would give birth to weak offspring.
Bovine brucellosis, one of the most common zoonoses in the world, is highly contagious and can negatively impact herd fertility through abortions, weak offspring, and/or lowered milk production (John et al. 2010; Scolamacchia et al. 2010).
In livestock, brucellosis results in reduced productivity, abortions and weak offspring and is a major impediment for trade and export.
All domesticated ruminants are susceptible but, with the exception of reproductive failures such as abortions, stillbirths, infertility and weak offspring, animals are usually asymptomatic and can remain chronically infected [15] [17].
In livestock, it results in abortion, reduced fertility, weak offspring and lowered milk production [ 5].
These programs minimized the economic losses due to the abortion, infertility, and weak offspring and decreased milk production [ 19].
When clinical signs manifest, reproductive effects such as abortion, stillbirth or weak offspring are most commonly seen [ 7– 9].
In animals, infection takes mostly a subclinical or inapparent course but abortions or birth of weak offspring, especially in small ruminants, can occur [ 2, 3].
Clinical presentation of Q fever in domestic ruminants is most commonly associated with late abortions, stillbirth and delivery of weak offspring [ 3– 5].
