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Book (series)Brucella melitensis in Eurasia and the Middle East
FAO technical meeting in collaboration with WHO and OIE: 11-14 May 2009 Rome
2010Also available in:
No results found.Brucella melitensis infection is recognized as a significant public health challenge, with a major economic and financial burden in countries where the disease remains endemic. In Eurasia and the Middle East Brucella melitensis infections in sheep and goats are still widespread, resulting in significant human illness, primarily from consumption of contaminated dairy products or from occupational exposure to infected livestock. In small ruminants (sheep and goats), abortion, re duced fertility, reduced milk production and lowered newborn viability are the major impacts. There are very significant benefits to human health and poverty alleviation from controlling and eradicating B. melitensis infections in animals and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been responsible for advancing practical knowledge and experience on brucellosis in various countries and assisting in the development of sound strategies and policies for sustainable control programmes. As part of these efforts a technical meeting of brucellosis experts was convened in Rome from 11 to 14 May 2009 by the FAO in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in order to develop further guidance to support and improve surveillance and control of Brucella melitensis infection in affected countries. This document provides an account on the objectives, discussions and o utcomes of the meeting and provides an up to date account of the available options for the prevention and control of B. melitensis as well as the identified gaps that still need to be addressed. -
Book (series)Regional Workshop on Brucellosis Control in Central Asia and Eastern Europe
9-11 April 2013, International Agricultural Research and Training Center (UTAEM), Izmir, Turkey
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The workshop was organized as part of FAO’s efforts to assist countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe in developing and implementing sound strategies and policies for sustainable brucellosis control. Topics addressed included: an overview of the epidemiological situation of brucellosis and control programmes; in each participating country; discussion of brucellosis control strategies in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; presentation and discussion of FAO’s framework for progressive control of brucellosis as a guide to developing sustainable control programmes; essential elements in the development of subregional strategies for progressive control of brucellosis in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. -
Book (stand-alone)Guidelines for coordinated human and animal brucellosis surveillance 2003
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No results found.Brucellosis remains a major source of disease in domesticated animals, wildlife and humans. Although reported incidence and prevalence of the disease vary widely from country to country, bovine brucellosis caused mainly by Brucella. abortus is still the most widespread form. In sheep, goats and humans, brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis is by far the most important clinically apparent disease. Brucellosis is still a major disease problem in the Mediterranean region, western Asia, parts of Africa and Latin America. The zoonotic significance of Brucellosis requires concerted efforts at control through intersectoral collaboration between the Ministiries of Agriculture and Health. Such collaboration will depend to a large extent on the availabilty of science based information collected through efficient surveillance systems for the purpose of designing practical and feasible control strategies to reduce prevalence of the disease and where feasible, eradicate it. These guidelines ha ve been prepared with that aim. They have been developed by reviewing programmes in countries that have successfully controlled and eradicated Brucellosis as well as those countries in which the disease is still endemic. In using these giudelines for human and animal brucellosis surveillance it must be emphasised, that what has been successful in one country may not necessarily be successful in another based on factors such as level of control of animal movement and socio-cultural practices and habits. It is therefore suggested that these guidlines be modified to suit prevailing local conditions and animal management systems.
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